法苑珠林 4.44

4.44

又王玄策西國行傳云。王使顯慶四年至婆栗闍國。王為漢人設五女戲其五女傳弄三刀加至十刀。又作繩伎。騰虛繩上著履而擲。手弄三仗刀楯槍等。種種關伎雜諸幻術。截舌抽腸等。不可具述。

Furthermore, Wang Xuance's Xiguo xingzhuan states: "In the fourth year of Xianqing [659 CE], the royal envoy arrived in the kingdom of Vṛji. For the Chinese guests, the king put on an acrobatic spectacle with five women. These five women juggled three knives, and then up to ten. They also performed rope acrobatics: leaping into the air above the ropes while wearing sandals, and juggling three weapons in their hands—swords, shields, spears, and the like. There were various mechanical acrobatics mixed with sundry illusions, such as cutting out tongues and pulling out intestines, which cannot be recounted in full."