[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) › 9.27 # 廣弘明集 9.27 廣弘明集 9.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.27) 五練經云。滅度者用色繒。天子一匹。公王一丈。庶民五尺。上金五兩而作一龍。庶民用鐵五色石五枚。以書玉文。通夜露埋。深三尺。女青文曰。九祖幽魂即出長夜入光明天。供其厨飯三十二年。還其故形而更生矣。 > The Wulian jing says: 'For one who attains extinction, use colored silk: the Son of Heaven uses one pi; dukes and kings, one zhang; commoners, five chi. Superior gold of five ounces is used to make a dragon; commoners use iron and five five-colored stones to write the jade text. It is exposed and buried throughout the night at a depth of three chi.' The Nüqing wen says: 'The departed souls of the nine generations of ancestors immediately emerge from the long night and enter the Heaven of Radiant Light, provided with kitchen meals for thirty-two years; they return to their former bodies and are born anew.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.26) - [Next: 9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.28) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.9.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.27) · Pramāṇa