[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) › 14.58 # 法苑珠林 14.58 法苑珠林 14.58 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.58) 又問。荊州前大明寺栴檀像者。云是優填王所造。依傳從彼摸來將至梁朝。今京師復有。何者是本。答曰。大明是其本像。梁高祖崩像來荊渚。至元帝承聖三年周平梁。後收簿國寶皆入北周。其檀像者有僧珍師。藏隱房內。多以財物贈遺使人。像遂得停。至隋開皇九年。文祖遣使人柳顧言往迎。寺僧又求像令鎮荊楚。顧是鄉人。從之今別刻檀。將往恭旨當時訪匠得一婆羅門僧。名真達。為造。即今西京大興善寺像是也。亦甚靈異。本像在荊州。僧以漆布漫之。相好不及真者（本作佛生來七日之身今加布漆乃壯年狀故殊絕異本也）大明本是古佛住處。靈像不肯北遷故也。近有長沙義法師。天人冥讚。遂悟開發剝除漆布。真容重顯。大動信心。披覿靈儀。全檀所作本無補接。光趺殊異。象牙彫刻卒非人工所成。興善像身一一乖本。 > He also asked: "Regarding the sandalwood image of the former Daming Temple in Jingzhou, it is said to have been made by King Udayana, and according to tradition was copied from there and brought to the Liang dynasty. Now it also exists in the capital; which one is the original?" > He answered, saying: "Daming has the original image. When Emperor Gaozu of the Liang passed away, the image came to Jingzhu. In the third year of the Chengsheng era of Emperor Yuan, the Northern Zhou pacified Liang; afterward, when they compiled inventories of national treasures, all entered the Northern Zhou. As for that sandalwood image, there was a Master Monk Zhen who hid it inside his chamber and gave large amounts of wealth to the envoys, so the image was able to stay. In the ninth year of the Kaihuang era of the Sui, Wenzu (Emperor Wen) sent the envoy Liu Guyan to go and welcome it. The monks of the temple again pleaded that the image be allowed to pacify the Jingchu region. Since Gu was a native of that region, he complied, and they separately carved another sandalwood \[image\] to take back in respectful obedience to the imperial decree. At that time, when looking for a craftsman, they found a brāhmaṇa monk named Chenduo (Zhenda), who made it. This is the image now in Daxingshan Temple in the Western Capital; it is also extremely miraculous. The original image remains in Jingzhou. The monks covered it over with lacquered cloth, so its marks and signs do not equal those of the genuine one (originally it was the body of the Buddha when seven days old; now with the cloth and lacquer added, it appears as a mature man, thus differing markedly from the original). Daming was originally a dwelling place of the ancient Buddha, which is why the miraculous image was unwilling to be moved north. Recently, Master of the Dharma Yi of Changsha, through the hidden assistance of heavenly beings, had an awakening and peeled off the lacquered cloth, so that the true countenance was revealed again, greatly arousing faith. When viewing the miraculous appearance, it is carved entirely from sandalwood with no repairs or joints; the halo and pedestal are extraordinary, and the ivory carvings are simply not something made by human craft. The Daxingshan image's body deviates from the original in every detail." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.57) - [Next: 14.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.59) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.14.58) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [律相感通傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1898.1.60) — Classical Chinese - [道宣律師感通錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2107.1.13) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.58) · Pramāṇa