[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) › 17.22 # 法苑珠林 17.22 法苑珠林 17.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [17.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.17.22) 晉劉度。平原遼城人也。鄉里有一千餘家。並奉大法。造立形像供養僧尼。值虜主木未時。此縣甞有逋逃。未大怒欲盡滅一城。眾並兇懼分必殄盡。度乃潔誠率眾歸命觀世音。頃之未見物從空中下繞其所住屋柱驚視乃觀世音經。使人讀之。未大歡喜用省刑戮。於是此城即得免害。 > Liu Du of the Jin was a native of Liaocheng in Pingyuan. In his home village, there were over a thousand households, all of which revered the Great Dharma, erected images, and made offerings to monks and nuns. During the time of the barbarian ruler Muwei, a fugitive had once escaped from this county. Wei was enraged and intended to annihilate the entire city. The masses were terrified, certain that they would all be destroyed. Du purified his sincerity and led the multitude to take refuge in Avalokiteśvara. Shortly thereafter, Wei saw an object descend from the sky and circle the pillar of the building where he was staying. Startled, he looked at it, and it was the \*Avalokiteśvara Sūtra\*. He had someone read it aloud, and Wei was greatly delighted, deciding to reduce the punishments and killings. Thus, the city was spared from harm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.17.21) - [Next: 17.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.17.23) - [Up: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.17) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.17.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.17.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.17.22) · Pramāṇa