[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) › 63.92 # 法苑珠林 63.92 法苑珠林 63.92 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [63.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63.92) 漢哀帝建平三年。零陵有樹。量地圍一丈六尺。長一十四丈七尺。民斷其本長九尺餘。皆枯三月樹本自立故處。汝南平陽遂鄉有樹。博地生枝葉。如人形。身青黃色面白。頭髮稍長六寸一分。京房易傳曰。王德欲衰。下人將起。則有木生為人狀。其後有王莽之篡。 > In the third year of the Jianping era of Emperor Ai of the Han, in Lingling there was a tree whose circumference measured at the ground was one zhang and six chi, and its length was fourteen zhang and seven chi. The people severed its trunk, which was over nine chi long, and it was entirely withered for three months; yet the trunk of the tree stood up on its own in its original place. In Suixiang of Pingyang in Runan, there was a tree that grew branches and leaves along the ground like a human figure, with a bluish-yellow body, a white face, and hair growing gradually to six cun and one fen. Jing Fang's Yizhuan states: "When the royal virtue is about to decline and men from below are about to rise, trees will grow in the shape of humans." Subsequently, there was the usurpation by Wang Mang. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 63.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63.91) - [Next: 63.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63.93) - [Up: 63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.63.92) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63.92) · Pramāṇa