集神州三寶感通錄 1.9

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2. The Changgan stūpa in Jinling under the Eastern Jin. It is presently inside the abandoned Changgan Temple east of the ancient city of Yue, southeast of the Vermilion Bird Gate of the old Yang capital in Jiangning County, Run Prefecture. In the past, at the end of the Western Jin, it held sway over the region south of the Yangzi River and was called the state of Wu. In the old neighborhood of Changgan, there was the site of an ancient stūpa, which was constructed by King Aśoka. Following upon this settlement, after [Sun Quan] died and his son [Sun] Liang took the throne, Sun Lin took control of the government. During the Wufeng reign era, Buddhist temples were destroyed, and this stūpa was obliterated along with them, its relics sinking into the earth. After Wu was pacified, various monks settled at the former site and erected a three-tiered stūpa. But because they could not find the foundation of the old stūpa, its history had perished, and none recognized it. Until...