法苑珠林 14.39

14.39

唐麟德二年。簡州金水縣北三學山。舊屬益州。寺僧慧昱。今權例得住益州郭下空慧寺。至麟德元年。從州故往荊州長沙寺瑞金銅像所。至誠發願。意欲圖寫瑞像供養。訪得巧匠張淨眼。使潔淨如法。已畫得六軀。未有靈感。至第七軀即放五色神光。洞照內外遠近皆覩。經於七日光漸隱滅。道俗驚喜不可具述。慧昱將此像來入長安未及莊飾。并欲畫左右侍者菩薩聖僧供養具等。當時奉勅令京城巧匠至中臺。使百官諸學士監看。令畫西國志六十卷。圖有四十卷。慧昱為外無好手。就中臺憑匠范長壽。莊畫像在都堂。至六月七日夜至三更。初像放五色光明徹照堂外。有守堂人出外起止。見堂上火出謂內失火。驚走唱噭。堂內當直官十人并兵士三十餘人為天熱並露身眠。光照身。人人相見身體赤露。驚起具服。唯有一官。姓石名懷藏。素無信心。但見外光。看身純黑。光照徹旦方歇其石懷藏發露自責盡誠悔過。亦不見光。照身得明。及諸院官。人兵士等聞喚見光並來看之。聞見之者並皆發心盡形齋戒。諸官人等各畫一本。至家供養（京城道俗共知故不別引記也）。

In the second year of Linde of the Tang, at Mount Sanxue north of Jinshui County in Jianzhou (formerly belonging to Yizhou), there was a temple monk named Huiyu, who was then temporarily permitted to reside at Konghui Temple in the suburban district of Yizhou. In the first year of Linde, he intentionally traveled from the prefecture to the place of the auspicious gilded bronze image at Changsha Temple in Jingzhou. Making a vow with utmost sincerity, he intended to paint a replica of the auspicious image to make offerings to it. He sought out the skilled artisan Zhang Jingyan, having him keep pure according to the Dharma. He had already painted six figures without any miraculous response. When he reached the seventh figure, it immediately emitted divine light of five colors, thoroughly illuminating inside and outside so that all near and far beheld it. After seven days, the light gradually faded away. The monastics and laypeople were delighted beyond words. Huiyu brought this image to Chang'an before having decorated it, intending also to paint the attendant bodhisattvas, holy monks, offering implements, and so forth to its left and right. At that time, an imperial edict had ordered the skilled artisans of the capital to go to the Department of State Affairs (Zhongtai), and had the officials and scholars supervise them, commissioning the painting of the Record of the Western Regions in sixty fascicles with forty fascicles of illustrations. Because there were no fine hands outside, Huiyu went to the Department of State Affairs and engaged the artisan Fan Changshou to decorate and paint the image in the main hall. On the night of the seventh day of the sixth month, at the beginning of the third watch, the image emitted five-colored radiant light that shone completely outside the hall. A hall guard went outside to relieve himself; seeing fire issuing from the hall, he thought there was a fire inside and ran in fright, shouting and screaming. Inside the hall, ten officials on duty and over thirty soldiers, because of the hot weather, were all sleeping naked. The light shone upon their bodies, and everyone saw each other's bodies fully exposed; startled, they got up and put on their clothes. Only one official, surnamed Shi and named Huaicang, had ordinarily lacked faith: he saw only the outside light, while looking at his own body it was purely black. The light shone until dawn before it ceased. That Shi Huaicang confessed and reproached himself, repenting his faults with complete sincerity, and only then did he see the light illuminating his body and gaining brightness. The officials and soldiers of the various courtyards, hearing the shouts and seeing the light, all came to view it. Those who heard and saw it all resolved their minds to maintain fasts and precepts for the rest of their lives. The officials each painted a copy to take home and make offerings to. (As monastics and laypeople in the capital all know of this, it is not cited separately here.)