[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) › 70.82 # 法苑珠林 70.82 法苑珠林 70.82 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [70.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.70.82) 秦姚萇字景茂。赤亭羗也。父弋仲事石勒。石氏既滅。萇隨其兄衰。與苻永固戰於三原。軍敗衰死。萇乃降永固。即受祿位。累加爵邑。及轉龍驤將軍督梁益州諸軍事。永固謂之曰。朕昔以龍驤建業。此號未曾假人。今持山南委卿。故特以相授。其蒙寵任優隆如此。後隨永固子叡討慕容泓。為泓所敗。叡獨死之。萇遣長史。詣永固謝罪。永固怒既甚。即戮其使益萇恐懼。遂奔西州。邀聚士卒而自樹置。永固頻為慕容沖所敗。沖轉侵逼。永固又見妖怪屢起。遂走五將山。萇即遣驍騎將軍吳中圍永固。中執永固以送。萇即日囚之。以求傳國璽及令禪讓。永固不從。數以叛逆之罪。萇遂殺之。遂稱帝。後又掘永固屍。鞭撻無數。裸剝衣裳。薦之以棘。掘坎埋之。及萇遇疾。即夢永固將天官使者及鬼兵數百。突入營中。萇甚悚愕走入後帳。宮人逆來刺鬼。誤中萇陰。鬼即相謂曰。正著死所。拔去矛刃。出血石餘。忽然驚寤。即患陰腫。令醫刺之。流血如夢。又狂言曰。殺陛下者臣兄衰耳。非臣萇罪。願不賜枉。後三日萇死。 > Yao Chang of the Qin, courtesy name Jingmao, was a Qiang of Chiting. His father, Yizhong, served Shi Le. After the Shi clan was destroyed, Chang followed his elder brother Xiang to fight Fu Yonggu (Fu Jian) at Sanyuan. The army was defeated and Xiang died. Chang then surrendered to Yonggu, immediately receiving salary and rank, and was repeatedly granted additional titles and fiefs. When he was transferred to be General Soaring Dragon and Commander of Military Affairs in Liang and Yi Provinces, Yonggu said to him, 'I formerly founded my enterprise as General Soaring Dragon; this title has never been conferred on anyone else. Now I entrust Shannan to you, and so specially bestow it upon you.' Such was the lavish abundance of the favor and trust he received. Later, he accompanied Yonggu's son Rui to suppress Murong Hong, but was defeated by Hong, and Rui alone died in the battle. Chang sent his chief clerk to go to Yonggu to apologize. Yonggu was exceedingly angry and at once executed the envoy, which increased Chang's terror. He thereupon fled to the western region, gathered soldiers, and established his own independent power. Yonggu was repeatedly defeated by Murong Chong, who pressed him with increasing encroachment. Seeing strange omens arising frequently, Yonggu eventually fled to Mount Wujiang. Chang immediately dispatched General of Agile Cavalry Wu Zhong to besiege Yonggu. Zhong seized Yonggu and sent him \[to Chang\]. Chang imprisoned him that very day in order to demand the Imperial Seal of the Realm and to have him abdicate in his favor. Yonggu would not comply, rebuking him for his crime of rebellion. Chang thereupon killed him and subsequently proclaimed himself emperor. Later, he also exhumed Yonggu's corpse, flogged it countless times, stripped off its clothes, laid it on thorns, and dug a pit to bury it. When Chang later fell ill, he dreamed that Yonggu, leading a Heavenly Envoy and several hundred ghost soldiers, burst into his camp. Chang was terrified and ran into the rear tent. A palace attendant rushed in to stab at the ghosts, but mistakenly struck Chang's genitals. The ghosts said to each other, 'Right in the mortal spot!' When they pulled out the spearhead, more than a dan of blood gushed forth. He suddenly awoke with a start and immediately suffered from a swelling of his genitals. He ordered a physician to puncture it, and the blood flowed just as in the dream. He also cried out deliriously, saying, 'The one who killed Your Majesty was only my elder brother Xiang! It was not the fault of your servant Chang! May you not inflict this injustice!' Three days later, Chang died. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 70.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.70.81) - [Next: 70.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.70.83) - [Up: 70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.70) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.70.82) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.70.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.70.82) · Pramāṇa