[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) › 38.68 # 法苑珠林 38.68 法苑珠林 38.68 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [38.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.38.68) 懷州妙樂寺塔者。在州東武陟縣西七里妙樂寺中。見有五級白浮圖。塔方可十五步。並是側石編砌。石長五尺闊三寸。以下鱗次葺之極細密。道俗目見咸驚訝其神鬼所造。其下不測其底。古老相傳。塔從地涌出。下有大水。莫委真虛。有刺史疑僧濫飾。乃使人傍基掘下。至泉源猶不見其際。 > As for the Miaole Temple pagoda in Huaizhou, it is located seven li west of Wuzhi County, east of the prefecture, inside Miaole Temple. Currently there is a five-tiered white pagoda, about fifteen paces square, entirely constructed of stones laid on their edges. The stones are five feet long and three inches wide, layered downward like fish scales in a manner exceedingly fine and tight. Monastics and laypeople who see it with their own eyes are all astonished, taking it to be built by spirits and ghosts. Its bottom cannot be fathomed below. An old tradition relates that the pagoda surged forth from the earth, and beneath it lies vast water, though its truth or falsity is not known. A regional inspector suspected the monks of an elaborate exaggeration, and had men dig down beside the base, but even upon reaching the spring source, they still could not see its bottom. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 38.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.38.67) - [Next: 38.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.38.69) - [Up: 38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.38) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.38.68) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.38.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.38.68) · Pramāṇa