集神州三寶感通錄 3.73

3.73

閻公則者。趙人。恬放蕭然。惟勤法事。晉武時死于洛邑。同志為設會於白馬寺。其夕轉經空中聞唱薩聲。仰視一人形器光麗曰。我是閻公則也。生西方安樂界。與諸上人來此聽經。合堂驚出咸共見之。時衛士度汲郡苦行居士師於則母。亦篤信常飯僧。日將中。忽空中下鉢。正落母前。乃則鉢也。有飯盈滿香氣充堂。皆得飽滿七日不飢。士度有文章。見冥祥傳。

Yan Gongze was a man of Zhao, calm and carefree, diligent only in Dharma affairs. In the time of Emperor Wu of the Jin, he died in Luoyang. His comrades arranged a vegetarian feast for him at Baima Temple. That night, as they were chanting scriptures, a voice shouting 'Sādhu!' was heard in the air. Looking up, they saw a person of splendid form and bearing, who said, 'I am Yan Gongze. I have been born in the Western Realm of Peace and Joy, and have come here with all the superior persons to listen to the scriptures.' The whole hall rushed out in astonishment, and all saw him. At that time, Wei Shidu, an ascetic lay practitioner of Jijun, took Gongze's mother as his master; she was also deeply faithful and constantly fed monks. As midday approached, suddenly a bowl descended from the sky and fell right in front of the mother; it was indeed Gongze's bowl. Filled with rice, its fragrant aroma pervaded the hall. All were filled to satiety and did not hunger for seven days. Shidu had literary skill; this appears in the Mingxiang zhuan.