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# 法苑珠林 12.83

法苑珠林 12.83

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [12.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.83)

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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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