廣弘明集 4.11

4.11

昔金陵道士陸修靜者。道門之望。在宋齊兩代祖述三張弘衍二葛。郗張之士封門受籙。遂妄加穿鑿廣制齋儀。縻費極繁意在王者遵奉。會梁祖啟運下詔捨道。修靜不勝其憤。遂與門人及邊境亡命。叛入北齊。又傾散金玉贈諸貴遊。託以襟期冀興道法。帝惑之也。於天保六年九月。乃下勅召諸沙門與道士學達者十人。親自對校。于時道士祝諸沙門衣盋。或飛或轉。祝諸梁木。或橫或竪。沙門曾不學方術。默無一對。士女擁鬧貴賤移心。並以靜徒為勝也。諸道士等雀躍騰倚。魚睨雲漢高談自矜。誇衒道術。仍又唱言曰。神通權設抑挫強禦。沙門現一我當現二。今薄示小術。並辭退屈。事亦可見。

Formerly, the Daoist Lu Xiujing of Jinling was the hope of the Daoist community. During the two dynasties of Song and Qi, he ancestralized the Three Zhangs and propagated the Two Ges; men of Xi and Zhang sealed their gates to receive registers. He thereupon made wanton additions and far-fetched inventions, extensively establishing fasting rituals; the expenditures were extremely burdensome, with his intent being that the rulers would honor and follow them. It happened that the Founder of the Liang initiated his reign-era and issued an edict renouncing Daoism. Xiujing could not bear his resentment, and thereupon with his disciples and outlaws from the borders rebelled and fled into the Northern Qi. He furthermore dispersed gold and jade to gift to all the aristocrats, confiding his hopes to them in the expectation of reviving Daoist practices. The Emperor was confused by him; in the ninth month of the sixth year of the Tianbao era, he thereupon issued a decree summoning eminent monks and Daoists who were well-versed in learning, ten individuals in all, to personally compete face to face. At that time, the Daoists cast incantations upon the robes and bowls of the monks, causing them either to fly or spin; they cast incantations upon the roof beams, causing them either to lie horizontal or stand erect. The monks had never studied occult arts, and silently gave no response. Men and women crowded around in clamor, and both high and low had their minds swayed, all considering the followers of Xiujing to be victorious. All the Daoists leaped and danced, looking askance toward the clouds, talking loftily and boasting of themselves, vaunting their Daoist arts. They further called out, saying: 'Supernatural powers are expediently displayed to suppress and break the obstinate and powerful. If a monk displays one, I will display two! Now we have shown merely a slight measure of minor arts, yet they have already given excuses, retreated, and yielded; the matter can plainly be seen.'