法苑珠林 12.83

12.83

周書記佛生時
周書記佛滅時
史錄記
佛是大聖
前漢孝武帝已開佛教
前漢
哀帝時已行齋戒
秦始皇時亦有佛法至
後漢郊志記佛為大聖
後漢明帝時三寶
具行
西晉海浮維衛迦葉二石像
齊文宣
帝時得佛牙至
隋天台釋智顗感見三道
寶階
唐潞州釋曇榮感見七佛現

The *Book of Zhou* records the time of the Buddha's birth;
the *Book of Zhou* records the time of the Buddha's demise;
historical records record
that the Buddha is the Great Sage;
Emperor Xiaowu of the Former Han had already opened the way for the Buddha's teaching;
in the time of Emperor Ai of the Former Han,
the fast and precepts were already observed;
in the time of the First Emperor of Qin, the Buddha's Dharma had also arrived;
the "Treatise on Suburban Sacrifices" of the Later Han records the Buddha as the Great Sage;
in the time of Emperor Ming of the Later Han, the Three Jewels
were fully practiced;
two stone images of Vipaśyin and Kāśyapa floated on the sea in the Western Jin;
in the time of Emperor Wenxuan of the Qi,
a Buddha's tooth arrived;
Shi Zhiyi of Mount Tiantai in the Sui was moved to witness the three paths
of precious stairs;
Shi Tanrong of Luzhou in the Tang was moved to witness the manifestation of the seven Buddhas.