[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) › 18.17 # 法苑珠林 18.17 法苑珠林 18.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [18.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.17) 後魏高祖太和中。代京內閹官自慨刑殘。奏乞入山修道思。勅許之。乃齎華嚴晝夜讀懺悔不息。一夏不滿至六月末。髭鬚生得丈夫相。以狀奏聞。帝大敬重之。於是國中普敬華嚴。後尊常日（見侯君素旌異記錄之）。 > During the Taihe era of Emperor Gaozu of the Latter Wei, a palace eunuch in the capital Dai lamented that he was physically mutilated, and memorialized to request permission to enter the mountains to practice the contemplation of the Way. An imperial decree granted it. He then took the Avataṃsaka Sūtra and read it day and night, making repentance without rest. Before a single summer retreat was over, by the end of the sixth month, his mustache and beard had grown, and he obtained the physical marks of a man. The circumstances were memorialized to the throne, and the emperor revered him greatly. Thereupon the whole country generally revered the Avataṃsaka Sūtra, venerating it even more than ordinary days. (Recorded in Hou Junsu's Jingyi ji). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 18.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.16) - [Next: 18.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.18) - [Up: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.18.17) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [大唐內典錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2149.10.52) — Classical Chinese - [集神州三寶感通錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.36) — 道宣, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.17) · Pramāṇa