集神州三寶感通錄 3.72

3.72

抵世常者。晉太康中。富人居時禁晉人。作沙門常奉法。不懼憲網。潛於宅中。立精舍供養沙門。于法蘭亦在其中。比丘來者不憚。後有僧來姿形醜陋衣弊足泥。常逆作禮命奴洗足。僧曰。常自洗之。何用奴也。常曰。老病以奴自代。僧不許。常私罵而去。僧現八尺形容儀光偉偉飛行而去。常撫膺自撲泥中。家內僧尼行路五六十人。望見空中數十丈分明。奇香芬氣一月留宅云。

Di Shichang was a wealthy man during the Taikang era of the Jin. At that time Jin people were forbidden to become śramaṇas. Chang revered the Dharma and was not afraid of the penal nets. Secretly within his residence, he established a vihāra to make offerings to śramaṇas; Yu Falan was also among them. When bhikṣus came, he showed no reluctance. Later, a monk came whose appearance was hideous, his clothes tattered, and his feet covered in mud. Chang went out to salute him and ordered a slave to wash his feet. The monk said, 'Chang should wash them himself; what use is a slave?' Chang said, 'Being old and ill, I substitute the slave for myself.' The monk did not permit this. Chang cursed him privately and left. The monk then manifested an eight-foot form, majestic with light, and flew away through the air. Chang beat his breast and threw himself into the mud. Within the household, the monks, nuns, and fifty to sixty passers-by gazed up and saw him clearly dozens of zhang in the air. A rare and wondrous fragrance lingered in the residence for a month, so it is said.