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# 集沙門不應拜俗等事 3.21

集沙門不應拜俗等事 3.21

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.3.21)

朱士行釋道安經錄云。秦始皇時。西域沙門十八人。來化始皇。始皇弗從禁之。夜有金剛丈六人。破獄出之。始皇稽首謝焉。

> The scripture catalogues of Zhu Shixing and Shi Dao'an state: In the time of the First Emperor of Qin, eighteen śramaṇas from the Western Regions came to convert the First Emperor. The First Emperor would not follow them and imprisoned them. At night, a sixteen-foot golden-vajra figure broke open the prison and released them. The First Emperor bowed his head and apologised to them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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