[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) › 65.72 # 法苑珠林 65.72 法苑珠林 65.72 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [65.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.65.72) 宋高昌有釋法進。或曰道進。姓唐。涼州張掖人。幼而精苦習讀。有超邁之德。為沮渠蒙遜所重。遜卒于景環為胡寇所破。問進曰。今欲轉掠高昌。為可剋不。進曰必捷。但憂災餓耳。迴軍即定。後三年景環卒。弟安周續立。是歲荒餓。死者無限。周既事進。進屢從求乞。以賑貧餓。國蓄稍竭。進不復求。乃淨洗浴取刀鹽。至深窮窟餓人所聚之處。次第授以三歸。便掛衣鉢著樹。投身餓者前云。施汝共食眾雖飢困猶義不忍受。進即自割肉柱鹽以啖之。兩股肉盡心悶不能自割。因語餓人云。汝取我皮肉猶足數日。若王使來必當將去。但取藏之。餓者悲悼無能取者。須臾弟子來至。王人復到。舉國奔赴號噭相屬。因轝之還宮。周勅以三百斛麥以施飢者。別發倉廩以賑貧民。至明晨乃絕。出城北闍維之。煙焰衝天七日乃歇。屍骸都盡唯舌不爛。即於其處起塔三層。樹碑于右（右此一驗出梁高僧傳）。 > In Gaochang during the Song dynasty, there was the monk Shi Fajin, also called Daojin, surnamed Tang, a native of Zhangye in Liangzhou. In his youth he was diligent and ascetic in study, possessing surpassing virtue, and was highly esteemed by Juqu Mengxun. After Mengxun died, Juqu Jinghuan was defeated by the non-Han bandits. He asked Jin: 'I now intend to turn and pillage Gaochang; will I succeed?' Jin said, 'You will certainly triumph; only disaster and famine are to be feared.' When he turned the army back, \[the city\] was indeed pacified. Three years later Jinghuan died, and his younger brother Anzhou succeeded him. That year there was a famine, and those who died were countless. Since Anzhou served Jin, Jin repeatedly begged from him to relieve the poor and starving. When the state's granaries were gradually exhausted, Jin asked no more; instead, he bathed cleanly, took a knife and salt, and went deep into the destitute caves where the starving gathered. He conferred the three refuges upon them in sequence, then hung his robe and bowl on a tree, threw his body down before the starving, and said: 'I give this to you to eat together.' Though the multitude was famished and destitute, in their sense of duty they could not bear to accept. Jin then cut his own flesh, rubbed it with salt, and gave it to them to eat. When the flesh on both thighs was exhausted, he fell into faintness of heart and could not cut himself further. He then spoke to the starving people, saying: 'If you take my skin and flesh, it will still suffice for several days. If the king's envoys arrive, they will surely carry it away; just take it and hide it.' The starving people grieved and mourned, and none could bring themselves to take it. In a short while his disciples arrived, and the royal messengers also reached the scene. The entire country rushed forth, wailing and crying out incessantly. They carried him back to the palace on a litter. Zhou ordered three hundred hu of wheat to be given to the starving and opened separate granaries to relieve the poor commoners. By the next morning he passed away. They took him north of the city to cremate him; the smoke and flames reached the heavens and ceased only after seven days. His bones and corpse were entirely consumed, but his tongue alone did not decay. Right at that site, a three-storey pagoda was erected, and a stele was set up to the right. (This one miracle is from the Liang Gaosengzhuan.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 65.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.65.71) - [Next: 65.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.65.73) - [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.65.72) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.65.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.65.72) · Pramāṇa