[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [廣弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103) › 25.30 # 廣弘明集 25.30 廣弘明集 25.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [25.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.25.30) 列子云。周穆王時西極有化人來。反山川移城邑。千變萬化不可窮極。穆王敬之若神重之若聖。此則佛化之初及也。朱仕行釋道安經錄云。秦始皇時西域沙門十八人來化始皇。弗從禁之。夜有金剛丈六人。破獄出之。始皇稽首謝焉。漢書云。武帝元狩中。開西域獲金人。率長丈餘。列之甘泉宮。帝以為大神。燒香禮拜。後遣張騫往大夏尋之。云有身毒國。即天竺也。彼謂浮圖。即佛陀也。此初知佛名相云。成帝都水使者劉向云。向檢藏書。往往見有佛經。此則周秦已行。始皇焚之不盡。哀帝元壽中。使景憲往大月氏國。因誦浮圖經還。于時漢境稍行齋戒。據此曾聞佛法。中途潛隱重此中興。 > The Liezi states: “In the time of King Mu of the Zhou, a transformed man came from the western extremity. He could overturn mountains and rivers and relocate cities and towns; his thousands of changes and ten thousand transformations were inexhaustible. King Mu revered him like a spirit and honored him like a sage.” This was the very beginning of the Buddha’s transformation reaching \[here\]. The scriptural catalogues of Zhu Shixing and the Śramaṇa Dao’an state: “In the time of Qin Shi Huang, eighteen śramaṇas from the Western Regions came to convert Shi Huang. He would not comply and imprisoned them. At night, a sixteen-foot golden-vajra man broke open the prison and released them. Shi Huang bowed his head and apologized to them.” The Book of Han states: “During the Yuanshou era of Emperor Wu, the Western Regions were opened, and golden men were obtained, each more than a zhang tall. They were displayed in the Ganquan Palace. The Emperor considered them great spirits and burned incense to worship them. Later, Zhang Qian was dispatched to Daxia to seek them out, and he reported that there was a country called Shendu, which is Tianzhu (India). What they called futu was the Buddha.” This was the first knowledge of the name and form of the Buddha. The Director of Waterways under Emperor Cheng, Liu Xiang, said: “When I inspected the stored books, I frequently came across Buddhist scriptures.” Thus \[Buddhism\] had already circulated in the Zhou and Qin, and Shi Huang could not burn them all. In the Yuanshou era of Emperor Ai, the envoy Jing Xian went to the Great Yuezhi kingdom and returned having recited the Futu jing. At that time, the Han territory gradually began to observe fasts and precepts. According to this, the Buddhadharma had once been heard of, but it lay hidden midway until this resurgence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 25.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.25.29) - [Next: 25.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.25.31) - [Up: 25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.25) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.25.30) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [集沙門不應拜俗等事](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.3.20) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.25.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.25.30) · Pramāṇa