釋氏要覽 2.68

2.68

遠取佛降迦葉火龍於鉢中。名之。近取晉高僧涉公以符堅建元十一年長安大旱。堅請涉呪龍。俄爾龍在涉鉢中雨遂告足。至十六年涉遷化。十七年自正月止六月不雨。多求不應。堅謂中書朱肜曰。涉公若在。朕豈焦心於雲漢若是哉。

Remotely, it is named after the Buddha's subduing the fire dragon of Kāśyapa in a bowl. Recently, it is taken from the eminent Jin monk Master She: in the eleventh year of the Jianyuan era of Fu Jian, Chang'an had a severe drought; Fu Jian asked She to chant spells over dragons. Soon, a dragon was in She's bowl, and rain fell abundantly. In the sixteenth year, She passed away. In the seventeenth year, from the first month until the sixth month, it did not rain; many prayers went unanswered. Fu Jian said to the Secretariat Drafter Zhu Rong, "If Master She were alive, how could our heart be so scorched concerning the heavenly clouds like this!"