法苑珠林 36.65

36.65

唐雍州渭南縣南山倒豹谷崖。有懸石文狀倒豹。因以名焉。谷有巖像於佛面。亦號像谷。古老傳云。昔有梵僧來云。我聞此谷有像面山七佛龕。昔有七佛曾來此谷說法。㵎內有瞻蔔華。常所供養。近至永徽年中。南山龍池寺沙門智積。聞之往尋。至谷聞香莫知何所。深訝香氣從㵎內沙出。即撥沙看。形似茅根。裹甲沙土然極芬馥。就水抖擻洗之一㵎皆香。將還龍池佛堂中合堂皆香極深美氣。山下俗人時見此山。或如佛塔。或全如佛面挺出空際。故像頭之號非是虛立。傍去嘉美谷甚近。即姚秦時王嘉所住也（右二驗出唐高僧傳）。

In the Southern Mountains of Weinan County, Yongzhou, under the Tang, there is the cliff of Daobao Valley (Overturned Leopard Valley). There is a hanging rock whose markings resemble an overturned leopard, hence the name. The valley has a rock resembling the face of a Buddha, so it is also called Likeness Valley. An old tradition relates: Formerly, an Indian monk came and said, 'I hear that in this valley there is Image-Face Mountain with the shrines of the seven Buddhas. Long ago, the seven Buddhas once came to this valley to preach the Dharma. In the ravine are campaka flowers, which were constantly offered.' Recently, during the Yonghui years, the śramaṇa Zhiji of Longchi Temple in the Southern Mountains heard of this and went to search for it. Arriving in the valley, he smelled incense, not knowing where it came from. He was deeply astonished that the fragrant aroma arose from the sand within the ravine. He immediately dug into the sand to look, and found something shaped like cogongrass root, wrapped with sand and earth, yet extremely fragrant. Bringing it to the water, he shook and washed it, and the entire ravine became fragrant. When he brought it back to the Buddha hall of Longchi Temple, the whole hall was filled with an intensely fine fragrance. Laypeople at the foot of the mountain occasionally see this mountain either like a Buddhist stūpa or entirely like the face of a Buddha rising into the sky; thus the name of Image Head is not an empty designation. Nearby, it is very close to Jiamei Valley, which was where Wang Jia lived during the Yao Qin. (The two proofs above are from the Tang Biographies of Eminent Monks.)