[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) › 65.66 # 法苑珠林 65.66 法苑珠林 65.66 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [65.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.65.66) 晉張崇。京兆杜陵人也。少奉法。晉太元中苻堅既敗。長安百姓有千餘家。南走歸晉。為鎮戍所拘。謂為游寇。殺其男丁。虜其子女。崇與同等五人手脚杻械。持身出坑埋築至腰。各相去二十步。明日將馳馬射之以為娛樂。崇慮望窮盡。唯潔心專念觀世音。夜中械忽自破。上得離身。因是便走遂得免脫。崇既脚痛。同等路經一寺。乃復稱觀世音名。至心禮拜。以一石置前。發誓願言。今欲過江東訴亂晉帝理此冤魂救其妻息。若心願獲果此石當分為二。崇禮拜已石即破焉。崇遂至京師發白虎樽。具列冤氏。帝乃悉加宥。已為人所略賣者。皆為編戶。智生道人目所親見。 > Zhang Chong of the Jin was a native of Duling in Jingzhao. From his youth he revered the Dharma. In the Taiyuan era of the Jin, after Fu Jian was defeated, more than a thousand households of commoners from Chang'an fled south to submit to the Jin. They were detained by the garrison post, who deemed them roaming bandits; they killed the men and captured the women and children. Chong and five of his peers were shackled hand and foot in fetters, placed in an open pit, and buried up to their waists, each twenty paces apart from one another. The next day \[the soldiers\] intended to gallop on horseback and shoot them for entertainment. Chong's hopes were completely exhausted, and he only purified his heart and exclusively recollected Avalokiteśvara. In the middle of the night, the fetters suddenly broke of themselves, and his upper body was able to free itself; thereupon he fled and managed to escape. Chong's feet were in pain, and his companions passed by a temple along the road; he then called again on the name of Avalokiteśvara, paid homage with utmost sincerity, placed a stone in front of him, and made a vow, saying: 'Now I wish to cross east of the Yangtze River to plead with the Emperor of Jin to redress these wronged souls and rescue their wives and children. If my wish is to be fulfilled, may this stone split into two.' After Chong finished paying homage, the stone immediately broke. Chong eventually reached the capital, opened the White Tiger Vessel, and listed all the wronged families in detail. The Emperor then pardoned them all; those who had already been abducted and sold were all restored to the household registers. The monk Zhisheng witnessed this with his own eyes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 65.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.65.65) - [Next: 65.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.65.67) - [Up: 65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.65) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.65.66) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.65.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.65.66) · Pramāṇa