集神州三寶感通錄 2.25

2.25

二十一宋元嘉十五年。羅順為平西府。將戍在上明。十二月放鷹野澤。同輩見鷹雉俱落。于時火燒野平。唯有三丈許叢草不然。遂披而覓鷹。乃得金菩薩坐像。通趺高一尺。工製殊巧。時定襄令謂盜者所藏。乃下符界內。無失像者。遂收而奉之。

21. In the fifteenth year of Yuanjia of the Song (438 CE), Luo Shun was an officer of the Headquarters of the General Pacifying the West, garrisoned at Shangming. In the twelfth month, he flew falcons over a wild marsh. His comrades saw a falcon and a pheasant fall together. At that time, a fire had burned the plains level, and only a patch of dense grass about thirty feet across had not burned. Thereupon he parted [the grass] to look for the falcon, and found a seated golden image of a bodhisattva, one foot high including its pedestal, of exceptionally skillful craftsmanship. At that time, the magistrate of Dingxiang thought it had been hidden by thieves, and issued an official order within his boundary, but no one had lost an image. He then collected and venerated it.