[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) › 52.37 # 法苑珠林 52.37 法苑珠林 52.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [52.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.37) 宋居士卞悅之。濟陰人也。作朝請居在潮溝。行年五十未有子息。婦為取妾。復積載不孕。將祈求繼嗣。千遍轉觀世音經。其數垂竟妾便有娠。遂生一男。元嘉十八年已五歲（右四驗出冥祥記）。 > The Song lay practitioner Bian Yuezhi was a native of Jiyin. Serving as an Attendant at Court, he resided in Chaogou. When he reached the age of fifty, he had no sons. His wife took a concubine for him, but after several years she still did not conceive. Intending to pray for an heir, he recited the Avalokiteśvara Sūtra a thousand times. When the count was nearly complete, the concubine became pregnant, and subsequently gave birth to a boy. In the eighteenth year of the Yuanjia era, \[the boy\] was already five years old. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 52.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.36) - [Next: 52.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.38) - [Up: 52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.52.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.37) · Pramāṇa