法苑珠林 36.63

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南齊晉安王蕭子懋。字雲昌。武帝之子也。始年七歲阮淑媛嘗病危篤。請僧行道。有獻蓮華供養佛者。眾僧以銅甖盛水。浸其華莖欲令不萎。如此三日而華更鮮。子懋流洟禮佛誓曰。若使阿姨因此勝和。願佛之力令華竟齋不萎。七日齋畢華更鮮紅。看視甖中稍有根鬚。母病尋差。當代稱其孝感也。子懋弟南海王子罕。字靈華。其母樂容華寢疾。子罕晝夜禮拜。于時以竹為燈纘其燈。照曜訖夜極明。此纘經宿枝葉茂盛。母病尋愈（事出吳均春秋）。

Xiao Zimao, Prince of Jin'an of the Southern Qi, styled Yunchang, was a son of Emperor Wu. When he was just seven years old, Lady of Grace Ruan fell critically ill. Monks were invited to perform ritual practice. Someone offered a lotus flower to the Buddha. The monks filled a copper jar with water and submerged the flower's stem, hoping to keep it from withering. After three days, the flower was even fresher. Zimao wept, prostrated before the Buddha, and vowed: 'If my mother may thereby achieve superior harmony, I pray that by the power of the Buddha, the flower will not wither until the fast is completed.' When the seven-day fast ended, the flower was even more freshly red. Looking into the jar, there were slight roots and filaments. His mother's illness soon subsided. His contemporaries praised his filial resonance. Zimao's younger brother, Xiao Zihan, Prince of Nanhai, styled Linghua, had a mother, Lady of Splendid Countenance Yue, who fell sick and took to her bed. Zihan prostrated himself day and night. At the time, bamboo was used as a lamp-stand to hold the lamp; it shone through the night with extreme brilliance. Overnight, this stand sprouted lush branches and leaves. His mother's illness was soon cured. (The matter appears in Wu Jun's Annals.)