法苑珠林 13.24

13.24

西晉泰山金輿谷朗公寺。昔中原值亂永嘉失馭。有沙門釋僧朗。所居之山常有雲陰。俗異其禎。威聲振遠。天下知聞。于時無主英雄負圖。七國宗廟敬以崇福焉。諸國競送金銅像并贈寶物。朗恭事盡禮每陳祥瑞。今居一堂門牖常開。鳥雀不近雜穢不著。遠近嗟異。其寺至今向三百五十年。

Master Lang's Temple in Jinyu Valley of Mount Tai in the Western Jin: In the past, the Central Plains met with disorder, and governance was lost in the Yongjia era. There was a śramaṇa named Shi Senglang; the mountain where he dwelt was perpetually shaded by clouds. The common people marveled at this auspicious sign, and his imposing renown reverberated far and wide, known throughout the world. At that time, there was no sole ruler, and local warlords vied for territory; yet the ancestral shrines and courts of the seven kingdoms respected and revered him to accumulate blessings. The various states competed to send gilt-bronze statues and present precious treasures. Lang served them reverently with utmost propriety, constantly reporting auspicious portents. Now he lives in a hall whose doors and windows are constantly open; birds and sparrows do not approach, and assorted impurities do not adhere to it. Those near and far marvel at it in praise. It is now nearly three hundred and fifty years since the founding of that temple.