[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) › 18.33 # 法苑珠林 18.33 法苑珠林 18.33 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [18.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.33) 唐貞觀五年。有隆州巴西縣令狐元軌者。信敬佛法欲寫法華金剛般若涅槃等。無由自撿。憑彼上抗禪師撿挍。抗乃為在寺如法潔淨寫了裹\[袌-包+矢\]。還歧州莊所。經留在莊。并老子五千文同在一處。忽為外火延燒。堂是草覆一時灰蕩。軌于時任憑翊縣令。家人相命撥灰覓金銅軸。既撥灰開其內諸經宛然如故。潢色不改。唯箱袠成灰。又覓老子。便從火化。于時開見之者。鄉林遠近莫不嗟異。其金剛般若經一卷。題字焦黑。訪問所由。乃初題經時有州官能書。其人雜食行急不獲潔淨。直爾立題便去。由是色焦。其人現在。瑞經亦存。京師西明寺主神察。目驗說之。 > In the fifth year of the Zhenguan reign era of the Tang, Linghu Yuangui of Baxi County in Longzhou held deep faith and reverence for the Buddha-Dharma and wished to copy the Lotus Sūtra, the Diamond Prajñā Sūtra, the Nirvāṇa Sūtra, and other texts. Having no means to inspect and correct them himself, he relied upon Dhyāna Master Shangkang of that place to examine and collate them. Kang accordingly copied them properly and cleanly in the monastery, wrapped them, and returned them to Yuangui's estate in Qizhou. The scriptures were left at the estate, kept together in the same place as the five-thousand-character text of Laozi. Suddenly an external fire spread to the building; as the hall was roofed with thatch, it was instantly reduced to ashes. Yuangui was at that time serving as the magistrate of Pingyi County. His family members called to one another to sift through the ashes in search of the gilded bronze rollers. Upon raking away the ashes, they found all the scriptures inside intact as before, the dye of the paper unchanged, with only the boxes and wrappers reduced to ash. When they sought the Laozi, it had been consumed by the flames. All the local villagers far and near who came to see it marveled at the anomaly. As for the one scroll of the Diamond Prajñā Sūtra, its title characters were scorched black. When they inquired into the reason, it turned out that when the title was initially written, a provincial official skilled in calligraphy had written it; having eaten impure foods and being in a hurry on his journey, he had not undergone purification, but simply stood to write the title and departed. For this reason, the color was scorched. That man is alive today, and the auspicious scripture still survives. Shencha, Abbot of the Ximing Temple in the capital, witnessed this with his own eyes and recounted it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 18.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.32) - [Next: 18.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.34) - [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.18.33) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [大唐內典錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2149.10.59) — Classical Chinese - [集神州三寶感通錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.44) — 道宣, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.33) · Pramāṇa