集神州三寶感通錄 2.36

2.36

三十二陳武帝崩。兄子蒨立。將欲修葬造轀輬車。國創新定未遑經始。昔梁武帝立重雲殿。其中經像並飾珍寶映奪諸國。運雖在陳殿像仍在。蒨欲收取重雲佛帳珠珮以飾送終。人力既足四面齊至。但見雲氣擁結流遶佛殿。自餘方左開朗無陰。百工怪焉競往看覩。須臾大雨橫注雷電掣擊。煙張鵄吻火烈雲中。流布光焰高下相涉。欻見重雲殿影二像峙然。四部神王并及寶座一時上騰。煙火挾之忽然遠逝。觀者傾國咸歸奉信。雨晴之後覆看故處。唯礎存焉。至後月餘。有人從東州來云。於此日見殿影像乘空飛海。今望海者有時見之。魏氏洛京永寧寺塔去地千尺。為天所震。其緣略同。有人東海時見其迹云。

32. When Emperor Wu of the Chen passed away, his elder brother's son Qian ascended the throne. Intending to prepare for the burial and build a funeral carriage (wenliangche), since the state had only newly been established and there was no leisure to procure materials from scratch, [he recalled that] Emperor Wu of the Liang had previously erected the Chongyun Hall, wherein the scriptures and images were adorned with precious jewels that outshone those of other lands. Although the mandate had passed to the Chen, the hall and its images remained intact. Qian wished to take the pearl pendants from the Buddha canopies of Chongyun to adorn the funeral rites. When sufficient laborers had gathered from all four sides, they saw only swirling clouds gathering and circling around the Buddha hall, while outside the other directions it was clear and bright without a shadow. The myriad craftsmen found it strange and raced to watch. In an instant, torrential rain poured down and lightning flashed. Smoke spread across the owl-tail ridge ornaments, and fire blazed fiercely amidst the clouds. Luminous flames spread, flickering high and low. Suddenly, the silhouette of the Chongyun Hall and its two images were seen standing aloft; the divine kings of the four divisions and the jewel-adorned pedestals all soared upward together, borne along by the smoke and fire, and vanished far away in an instant. The onlookers from the entire realm all embraced faith. After the rain cleared, when they went back to inspect the old site, only the plinths remained. More than a month later, someone came from the eastern provinces saying that on that day, he had seen the hall and images flying across the sky over the sea. Today, those who look out over the sea occasionally catch sight of them. The stūpa of the Yongning Temple in the Wei capital of Luoyang stood a thousand feet above the ground and was struck down by heaven; the circumstances were roughly similar. Someone on the Eastern Sea is said to occasionally see its traces.