廣弘明集 9.24

9.24

文始傳云。老子以上皇元年下為周師。無極元年乘青牛薄板車度關。為尹喜說五千文曰。吾遊天地之間。汝未得道。不可相隨。當誦五千文萬遍。耳當洞聽目當洞視。身能飛行六通四達。期於成都。喜依言獲之。既訪相見。至罽賓檀特山中。乃至王以水火燒沈。老子乃坐蓮華中誦經如故。王求哀悔過。老子推尹喜為師。語王曰。吾師號佛。佛事無上。道王從受化。男女髠髮不娶於妻。是無上道承佛威神。委尹喜為罽賓國佛。號明光儒童。

The Wenshi zhuan says: 'Laozi descended in the first year of Shanghuang to become the preceptor of Zhou. In the first year of Wuji, riding a thin-board carriage drawn by a green ox, he crossed the pass, expounding the five-thousand-word text for Yin Xi, saying: "I wander between Heaven and Earth; you have not yet attained the Way and cannot follow me. You must recite the five-thousand-word text ten thousand times; your ears will penetrate all hearing, your eyes will penetrate all sight, your body will be able to fly, and you will have the six superknowledges penetrating the four directions. Meet me in Chengdu." Xi followed his words and attained this. Having sought and met him, they went to Mount Dandate in Jibin, and even when the king burned and submerged them with fire and water, Laozi sat in a lotus flower reciting scriptures as before. The king begged for mercy and repented. Laozi advanced Yin Xi as his master and told the king: "My master is called Buddha; the Buddha’s deeds are unsurpassed." The King of the Way followed and received conversion: men and women shaved their hair and did not take wives. This is the unsurpassed Dao receiving the Buddha’s divine power; he entrusted Yin Xi to be the Buddha of the country of Jibin, styled Bright Light, the Youthful Scholar (Rutong).'