集神州三寶感通錄 1.30

1.30

Śramaṇa Daozhuo of Facheng Temple outside the suburbs of Yizhou was an eminent monk. At the beginning of the Daye era, the temple stūpa in Luo County had no one to repair it, having only its lower foundation. Daozhuo then led and transformed the fourfold assembly to build a wooden stūpa, fully adorning it. The stūpa was protected by a dragon living in a well at the southwest corner; from time to time auspicious signs appeared. Beside it were three ponds of unfathomable depth, inhabited by three dragons, where no one dared to peer. In the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, the three dragons had a great battle: thunderclaps struck, and water and fire flew back and forth. Only after a long time did it grow calm, and the stūpa remained just as before. People all picked up dragon hairs, about three feet long, yellowish-red and lovely.