[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) › 26.41 # 法苑珠林 26.41 法苑珠林 26.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [26.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26.41) 相州滏陽縣智力寺僧玄高。俗姓趙氏。其兄子先身於同村馬家為兒。馬家兒至貞觀末死。臨死之際顧謂母曰。兒於趙宗家有宿因緣。死後當與宗家為孫。宗即與其同村也。其母不信。乃以墨點兒左脇作一大黑子。趙家妻又夢。此兒來云。當與孃為息。因而有娠。夢中所見宛然馬家之子。產訖驗其墨子還在舊處。及兒年三歲無人導引。乃自向馬家云。此是兒舊舍也。于今現存。已年十四五。相州智力寺僧慧永法真等說之（右二驗出冥報拾遺）。 > The monk Xuangao of Zhili Temple in Fuyang County, Xiangzhou, had the secular surname Zhao. His elder brother's son had in his previous life been a boy of the Ma family in the same village. The boy of the Ma family died toward the end of the Zhenguan era. At the point of death, he looked back and said to his mother, "I have past karmic affinities with the family of Zhao Zong. After death, I shall become a grandson to Zong's family." Zong was from the same village. His mother did not believe it, so she marked the boy's left flank with ink, making a large black birthmark. The wife of the Zhao family also dreamed that this boy came and said, "I shall become your child." She thereupon became pregnant. What she saw in the dream was unmistakably the boy of the Ma family. After giving birth, they examined the ink mark, and it was still in the former place. When the boy reached three years of age, without anyone guiding him, he walked to the Ma family of his own accord, saying, "This is my former home." He is still alive today, already fourteen or fifteen years old. The monks Huiyong, Fazhen, and others of Zhili Temple in Xiangzhou recounted this. (The above two pieces of evidence are from the Mingbao shiyi.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 26.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26.40) - [Next: 26.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26.42) - [Up: 26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.26.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26.41) · Pramāṇa