廣弘明集 17.36

17.36

In Su prefecture, a pagoda was erected at the Huqiu Mountain Temple. The site was the zither terrace of Wang Xun, Minister over the Masses during the Jin. Excavations yielded a brick casket, and inside a silver case was a relic; when floated on water in an alms bowl, it circumambulated clockwise four times. When the relics first set out from the prefecture, rain fell from the sky, but before reaching the temple, the sun came out, and multi-colored clouds accompanied the palanquin, lingering without dispersing; when they reached the pagoda site, the sound of music was heard in mid-air. Soon afterward, the sky grew dark and overcast again; as the relics were about to be lowered, the clouds parted briefly; once the relics entered the casket, the clouds gathered again. Previously, when a stone well was dug in the temple, the well roared for two days, which was the response to the imminent arrival of the relics.