[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 13.34 # 法苑珠林 13.34 法苑珠林 13.34 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [13.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.13.34) 元魏涼州山開出像者。至太武大延元年。有離石沙門劉薩何師。備在僧傳。歷游江表禮鄮縣塔。至金陵開育王舍利。能事將訖。西至涼州西一百七十里番禾郡界東。北望御谷山遙禮。人莫測其然也。何曰。此山崖當有像出。靈相具者則世樂時平。如其有缺則世亂人苦。經八十七載至正光元年。因大風雨雷震山巖挺出石像。高一丈八尺。形相端嚴唯無有首。登即選石命工。安訖還落。魏道凌遲其言驗矣。至周元年。涼州城東七里㵎。忽石出光照燭幽顯。觀者異之。乃像首也。奉安像身宛然符合。神儀彫缺四十餘年。身首異處二百許里。相好昔虧一時還備。時有燈光流照鍾聲飛響。皆莫委其來也。周保定元年立為瑞像寺。建德將廢首又自落。武帝令齊王往驗。乃安首像項。以兵守之。及明還落如故。遂有廢法國滅之徵接焉。備于周釋道安碑。周雖毀教不及此像。開皇通法依前置寺。大業五年煬帝西征躬往禮覲。改為感通道場。今像存焉。依圖擬者非一。及成長短終不得定云。 > Regarding the image that emerged when the mountain split open in Liangzhou under the Yuan Wei: In the first year of the Dayan reign of Emperor Taiwu, there was the śramaṇa Liu Sahe of Lishi, whose story is fully recorded in the Biographies of Monks. He traveled through the region south of the Yangtze, worshipped at the pagoda in Mao County, and arrived at Jinling to uncover King Aśoka's relics. When his meritorious deeds were nearly finished, he traveled west to the eastern boundary of Fanhe Commandery, one hundred and seventy li west of Liangzhou; looking northward toward Mount Yugu, he bowed from afar. No one could fathom why he did so. Sahe said, 'From the cliff of this mountain an image will emerge. If its spiritual marks are complete, then the world will be joyful and the era peaceful; if it has defects, then the world will be disordered and the people will suffer.' After eighty-seven years, in the first year of the Zhengguang reign, amidst heavy wind, rain, and thunder that shook the mountain cliffs, a stone image emerged, one zhang and eight feet in height, with an upright and majestic form, but lacking a head. Immediately stones were selected and artisans ordered \[to carve one\]; but once attached, it fell off again. The way of the Wei declined, and his words were verified. In the first year of the \[Northern\] Zhou, in a ravine seven li east of the city of Liangzhou, a stone suddenly emitted a light that illuminated the hidden and the manifest. Those who beheld it found it extraordinary; it was indeed the head of the image. When it was respectfully placed upon the body of the image, it fit perfectly. Its divine form had been chipped and incomplete for more than forty years; the body and head had been separated in different places by some two hundred li; yet the physical marks formerly lacking were all at once restored to completeness. At that time, a lamplight shone and flowed, and the sound of a bell echoed as if flying through the air, without anyone knowing whence they came. In the first year of the Baoding reign of the Zhou, it was established as the Ruixiang Temple. When \[the Dharma\] was about to be proscribed in the Jiande reign, the head fell off again on its own. Emperor Wu ordered the Prince of Qi to go and investigate; they affixed the head to the image’s neck and guarded it with soldiers, but by morning it had fallen off again as before. Thereupon followed the portents of the abolition of the Dharma and the destruction of the dynasty, which are fully recorded on the stele of the Zhou monk Dao'an. Although the Zhou destroyed the teachings, it did not harm this image. In the Kaihuang reign \[of the Sui\], when the Dharma was restored, a temple was established as before. In the fifth year of the Daye reign, when Emperor Yang made a western expedition, he personally went to pay reverence, and changed its name to Guantong Daochang. The image exists to this day. Those who tried to replicate it according to drawings were not few, but upon completion, its height and dimensions could never be fixed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.13.33) - [Next: 13.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.13.35) - [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.13.34) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [集神州三寶感通錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.2.18) — 道宣, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.13.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.13.34) · Pramāṇa