大唐內典錄 10.52

10.52

又魏高祖大和中。代京閹官自慨刑餘奏乞入山修道。勅許之。乃齎華嚴晝夜讀誦。禮悔不息。一夏不滿。至六月末髭鬚生得丈夫相。以狀聞。帝大驚重之。於是國敬華嚴復尊恒日。並見侯君素旌異記。

Furthermore, during the Taihe era of Emperor Gaozu of the Northern Wei, a palace eunuch in the capital of Dai, lamenting his mutilated body, memorialized the throne requesting permission to enter the mountains to practice the Way. An imperial decree granted it. He then took the Avataṃsaka-sūtra and read and recited it day and night, practicing repentance without cease. Before a single summer retreat was completed, by the end of the sixth month, a beard and whiskers grew, and he acquired the physical marks of a man. The situation was memorialized to the throne; the Emperor was greatly astonished and esteemed it. Thereupon, the country revered the Avataṃsaka-sūtra, and honored it even more than in ordinary times. These accounts all appear in Hou Junsu's Record of Manifesting Marvels.