[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) › 76.66 # 法苑珠林 76.66 法苑珠林 76.66 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [76.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.76.66) 漢明帝時。有檀國蠻夷。善閑幻術。能徙易牛馬頭上。與群臣共觀之以為笑樂。及三國時吳有徐光者。不知何許人也。常行幻化之術。於市廛內。從人乞苽。其主弗與。便從索子。掘地而種。顧眄之間苽生。俄而蔓延生華。俄而成實。百姓咸矚目焉。子成乃取而食之。因以賜觀者。向之鬻苽者。反視所齎皆耗矣。橘柚棗栗之屬亦如。其幻化皆此類也。 > In the time of Emperor Ming of the Han, there were barbarians of the Tan country who were skilled in illusions, able to swap the heads of oxen and horses. \[The emperor\] viewed this together with his ministers, taking it for laughter and amusement. And during the Three Kingdoms period, in Wu, there was a man named Xu Guang, whose origins are unknown. He constantly practiced illusionary arts. In the marketplace, he begged a melon from a man, whose owner would not give it to him. He then asked for the seed, dug the ground, and planted it. In the blink of an eye, the melon sprouted; shortly after, it spread vines and bloomed; shortly after, it bore fruit. The common people all gazed at it. When the melon was fully formed, he picked and ate it, and distributed it to the onlookers. When the earlier melon seller turned around to look, all of his melon stock had vanished. Things such as oranges, pomelos, jujubes, and chestnuts were also treated like this; his illusions were all of this kind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 76.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.76.65) - [Next: 76.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.76.67) - [Up: 76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.76) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.76.66) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.76.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.76.66) · Pramāṇa