集神州三寶感通錄 1.12

1.12

Third, the stūpa of Gucheng Temple in Qingzhou: Having passed through the Zhou and Qin dynasties, its location was unknown. In the time of Shi Zhao, Fotudeng was in Ye. Shi Le and Shi Hu revered him and built temples and stūpas extensively, but they lacked dew basins. Just as they were intending to make them, Fotudeng said: 'Inside the city of Linzi there is a King Ayu Temple. There are still a Buddha image and dew basin beneath a deep forest of giant trees, with a prostrate stone above them; you can search and retrieve them.' Shi Hu sent men to seek them. Following his spoken instructions, they went twenty zhang into the earth and obtained them. When brought to Ye, [people realized] Ayu and Ayuwang (King Aśoka) are just phonetic variants. The ancient sites and locations should be sought out. Thus Huida announced in the unseen realm, saying: 'The five places—Luoyang, Linzi, Jianye, Mao County, and Chengdu—all have King Aśoka stūpas. Those who worship them will not enter hell.' Thus it is known that this stūpa does not possess a hollow reputation.