法苑珠林 19.65

19.65

晉沙門梁法相。河東人也。常獨山居精苦為業。鳥獸集其左右。馴若家獸。太山祠大石函以盛財寶。相時山行宿于其廟。見一人玄衣武冠令相開函。言終不見。其函石蓋重過千鈞。相試提之飄然而開。於是取其財寶以施貧民。後渡江南住越城寺。忽遨遊放蕩俳優滑稽。或時裸袒干冐朝貴。鎮北將軍司馬恬。惡其不節招而鴆之。頻傾三鍾。神氣清怡恬然自若。年八十九。元興末卒。

The śramaṇa Liang Faxiang of the Jin was a native of Hedong. He constantly dwelt alone in the mountains, taking austere practice as his vocation. Birds and beasts gathered around him, as tame as domestic animals. At the shrine of Mount Tai, there was a large stone chest used to store valuables. Faxiang was once traveling through the mountains and lodged in that temple. He saw a man in black clothes and a martial cap who instructed Faxiang to open the chest, and as soon as he spoke, he vanished. The stone lid of that chest weighed over a thousand jun (thirty thousand catties); Faxiang tried to lift it, and it opened effortlessly. Thereupon, he took the valuables to give to the poor. Later, he crossed south of the Yangtze River and resided at Yuecheng Temple. Suddenly, he became wild and unrestrained, engaging in comedic theatrics and buffoonery, or at times going naked and defying court officials. Sima Tian, General Who Guards the North, detested his lack of restraint, invited him, and poisoned him. He drank down three full goblets in succession, yet his spirit remained serene and completely composed. He was eighty-nine years old and died at the end of the Yuanxing era.