廣弘明集 16.53

16.53

夫靈應微遠。無迹可追。心路照通。有感斯順。我皇體神御極。挹睿臨乾。幽顯成帙。無思不服。若夫二儀叶德。五精翼化。下洞淵泉。上達蒼昊。天無息瑞。地不湮祥。十住髣髴於林御。應真𦙝蠁於清夜。素毫月舉。騰光於梵室。妙趾神行。布武於椒殿。至於事荷緗諜既表禎圖。無不雲霏霧委盈簡被策。莫黑三距眇千齡而再現。暠露淳腴望鳳蓋而沾陛。此皆舜日未書。堯年罕降。豈直朱烏動色。玄秬相趣而已哉。嘉玉遠自北戎。梁弱水而委質。潤徹瓌奇。曠世之所不覩。白金近發東山。剖幽巖而啟瑞。滂被崖巘。鴻靈之所未刊。雖復素環之絕貺燭銀之瑤寶方斯蔑如也。若夫金石貝剛非游泳之質。自非淬德潛衍。感極迴靈。豈變堅沈之體顯輕浮之相。維永明七年某月。爰有祥石眇發天津。漾海因潮翻流逈至。表異浙河獻奇禁圃。瓊瑜等潤精金比色。帝上眷幽關之易啟。咨玄應之無方。雖析事寂寥而因心咫尺。愛其貞恒之性。嘉其可久之姿。莫若圖妙像於旃香。寫遺影於祇樹。乃詔名工。是鐫是琢。靈相瑞華煥同神造。至於雕削之餘。遺刊委斲。方圓小大觸水斯沈。駐罕停蹕親加臨試。良由法身是託。不溺沈玉之淵。剖析既離。方須浮金之水。至矣哉禎符。若斯之妙也。敢銘寶貺永福天人。其詞曰。

Divine responses are subtle and distant, leaving no traces that can be pursued. When the path of the mind is illumined and unimpeded, whatever evokes resonance meets with compliance. Our Emperor, embodying the spiritual and presiding over the ultimate realm, draws upon sagely wisdom and looks down upon the celestial sphere. Both the unseen and the manifest form a unified order; there is none whose thought does not submit. When the two primal forces harmonize their virtues, and the five essences assist in transforming [all], they penetrate down to the deep springs below and reach up to the azure heavens above. Heaven ceases not its auspicious omens, and Earth does not extinguish its felicitous portents. The ten abodes are faintly glimpsed amid the forested precincts; arhats make their mysterious presence felt in the clear night. The white curl raises like the moon, casting its brilliance into the Brahma chambers; wonderful feet tread with spiritual pace, pacing the pepper-plastered halls. As for affairs recorded on silk and bamboo, which already manifest auspicious blueprints, they all gather like drifting clouds and accumulating mists, filling the tablets and covering the records. The thrice-hooked black [stars] reappear after a thousand ages; the bright, rich dew falls before the phoenix canopy to moisten the palace steps. None of these were recorded in the days of Shun; they were rarely bestowed during the reign of Yao. How could they merely be the red bird fluttering its colors, or the black millet mutually gathering? Fine jade came from afar from the northern Rong, traversing the Ruoshui to submit its substance—its lucid moisture and rare wonder, unviewed across ages. White metal recently issued from the eastern mountains, cleaving hidden cliffs to reveal portents—overflowing cliff and peak, uncarved by the vast spirits. Even the exceptional gift of the white ring and the precious jade of candle-silver are utterly nothing compared to this. Metal and stone are hard as shells, not substances that float or swim. Were it not for virtue honed in hidden progression and a stimulus reaching its utmost to move the spirits, how could an unyielding, sinking substance transform to reveal a light, floating appearance? In the seventh year of the Yongming era, in a certain month, there was an auspicious stone that set forth afar from the heavenly ford. Drifting upon the sea, it rode the tide and turned back to arrive from afar. Manifesting its wonder at the Zhe River, it presented its rarity to the forbidden park. Its luster equaled carnelian and jade; its color matched refined gold. The Emperor looked with regard upon the easy opening of the mysterious portal and praised the unfathomable ways of the hidden response. Though the analysis of phenomenal affairs remains silent and detached, in accordance with the mind it is within a mere cubit. Loving its unswerving, constant nature and praising its enduring form, [he thought] nothing better than to depict the wondrous image with candana incense and render the remaining likeness in the Jetavana forest. Thereupon he commanded famed craftsmen to engrave and carve it. The spiritual marks and auspicious blossoms were as splendid as divine creations. As for the remnants of carving and chiseling, the discarded fragments and off-cuts, whether square or round, small or large, all sank upon touching water. The carriages were stayed and the imperial retinue halted to personally inspect and test it. Truly, it was because the Dharma-body was lodged within it that it did not drown in the abyss of sinking jade; once split and separated, it required the water of floating gold. How consummate an auspicious omen! So marvelous is it! Daring to inscribe this precious gift, may it bring everlasting blessings to gods and humans. Its verse says: