廣弘明集 17.15

17.15

岐州於鳳泉寺起塔。將造函。寺東北二十里。忽見文石四段。光潤如玉。小大平整。因取之以作重函。於是大函南壁異色分炳。為雙樹之形。高三尺三寸。莖如雪白。葉如瑪瑙。北壁東壁有鳥獸龍象之狀。四壁皆有華形左旋右轉。其後基石漸變盡如水精。沙門道[王*(?/米)]圖此雙樹之像置於許州。葉盡變為青色。明年岐州大寶昌寺。寫得陝州瑞相圖置於佛堂。以供養當戶。大像三吐赤光。流出戶外。於是戶外千佛像及觀世音菩薩亦頻放光。半旬之內天華再落。

In Qizhou, a stupa was erected at Fengquan Temple. When they were about to fashion the reliquary, twenty li northeast of the temple, four slabs of patterned stone were suddenly found, as lustrous as jade and evenly proportioned in size. They accordingly took them to make a double reliquary. Then, on the southern wall of the large reliquary, extraordinary colors appeared distinctly, forming the shape of twin trees, three feet and three inches high, with stems as white as snow and leaves like agate. On the northern and eastern walls were shapes of birds, beasts, dragons, and elephants. On all four walls were flower patterns turning to the left and circling to the right. Later, the foundation stone gradually transformed entirely into crystal. The śramaṇa Daoyan drew the image of these twin trees and placed it in Xuzhou, where all the leaves turned blue-green. The following year, Dabaochang Temple in Qizhou made a copy of the auspicious image from Shanzhou and placed it in the Buddha hall to make offerings facing the doorway; the great image three times emitted red light that streamed out through the doorway. Thereupon, the images of the thousand Buddhas and Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva outside the doorway also repeatedly emitted light. Within five days, heavenly flowers fell twice.