集神州三寶感通錄 3.86

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杯渡沙門不知何來。如前即蓬萊道人也。初在冀州年可七十。隱匿姓名不護細行。人不齒之。曾投人夜宿。家有金像。度持而出。主人奔馬追之。安行如故。騎走不及。至河以小杯在水。一足投中抃舞而過。因號。杯渡時在彭城荷簞而行。至食赴會便置簞當。道人嫌妨行移終不動。食訖持去不以為礙。永初中江南卒。羅什聞渡在彭城曰。吾與此子戲別已數百年。如何南度遂不面耶云云。

The śramaṇa Cup Crosser (Beidu) came from an unknown origin; like the one mentioned previously, he was a Daoist ascetic of Penglai. He was first seen in Jizhou at about seventy years of age. Concealing his true name, he did not observe minor rules of conduct, and ordinary people held him in low regard. Once, he sought lodging for the night with a family that possessed a golden image. Cup Crosser took it and left. The host pursued him on horseback, yet Cup Crosser walked along at his normal leisurely pace, and the horseman could not catch him. Arriving at a river, he placed a small cup on the water, stepped onto it with one foot, and crossed over dancing with joy; hence he was called 'Cup Crosser'. At that time in Pengcheng, he would travel carrying a bamboo basket. When attending a feast at mealtime, he would place the basket directly in the way. The monks, annoyed that it blocked their passage, tried to move it, but it would not budge. Once the meal was finished, he picked it up and walked away, unobstructed. He died south of the Yangtze River during the Yongchu era. When Kumārajīva heard that Cup Crosser was in Pengcheng, he remarked, 'I parted with this fellow playfully several hundred years ago. How is it that after he crossed south, we never met?' and so forth.