廣弘明集 15.127

15.127

涼州西番禾縣瑞石像者。元魏太延中。沙門劉薩河行至番禾東北。望神御谷而禮曰。此山中有佛像出。若相不具國亂人苦。經八十七載。正光年初風雨震山。像出長三丈許。惟無其首。登即命造隨安隨落。魏道陵遲分東西矣。後四十年。州東七里㵎內獲石佛首。即以安之。恰然符合。周保定中。像首又落。隋初還復立瑞像寺。煬帝西征過之。改為感通寺。今圖寫多依量莫准。

Regarding the miraculous stone image of Fanhe County west of Liangzhou: during the Taiyan reign era of the Northern Wei, the monk Liu Sahe traveled to the northeast of Fanhe. Looking toward the Shenyu Valley, he bowed and said: 'A Buddha image will emerge from this mountain. If its marks are incomplete, the state will fall into disorder and the people will suffer.' After eighty-seven years, in the early Zhengguang reign era, wind and rain shook the mountain, and an image about three zhang tall emerged, but it lacked a head. Orders were immediately given to carve one, but as soon as it was installed, it fell off. The rule of the Wei declined, and it split into Eastern and Western. Forty years later, a stone Buddha head was found in a ravine seven li east of the prefecture, and it was immediately installed, fitting perfectly. During the Baoding reign era of the Northern Zhou, the image's head fell off again. In the beginning of the Sui, it was restored, and Ruixiang Temple was founded. When Emperor Yang passed by on his western campaign, he renamed it Gantong Temple. Today, paintings and drawings are mostly made based on measurements, but none are truly exact.