[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) › 72.42 # 法苑珠林 72.42 法苑珠林 72.42 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [72.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.72.42) 晉沙門支遁字道林。陳留人也。神宇雋發。為老釋風流之宗。常與其師辯論物類。謂雞卵生用未足殺之。與諸蠕動不得同罰。師尋亡。忽見形來至遁前。手執雞卵投地破之。見有雞雛出㲉而行。遁即惟寤悔其本言。俄而師及雞雛並滅不見（右此一驗出冥祥記）。 > The Jin dynasty śramaṇa Zhi Dun, whose courtesy name was Daolin, was a man of Chenliu. His bearing was outstanding and extraordinary; he was a leading figure in the elegant synthesis of Daoism and Buddhism. He regularly debated with his master regarding the categories of living creatures, claiming that a chicken's egg is not yet fully equipped for life, so breaking it does not incur the same penalty as killing creeping things. Soon after, his master died. Suddenly, his master's form appeared before Dun, holding a chicken's egg in hand and throwing it to the ground so that it broke, whereupon a chick emerged from the shell and walked. Dun immediately came to an awakening and regretted his former words. In a moment, his master and the chick both vanished and were seen no more. (This one account comes from the Mingxiang ji). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 72.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.72.41) - [Next: 72.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.72.43) - [Up: 72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.72) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.72.42) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.72.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.72.42) · Pramāṇa