法苑珠林 38.75

38.75

唐貞觀二十一年。荊州大興國寺塔西南柱。無故有聲。人往看之。乃見有金銅佛頭出。如是日日漸出經三夕方盡。長六寸許。是立佛。道俗咸異之。

In the twenty-first year of the Zhenguan reign-period of the Tang, a sound came without cause from the southwestern pillar of the pagoda at Daxingguo Temple in Jingzhou. When people went to look, they saw the head of a gilded bronze Buddha emerging. Thus, day by day it gradually emerged, and only after three nights was it fully out. It was about six inches tall and was a standing Buddha. Monastics and laypeople all marveled at it.