古今譯經圖紀 2.6

2.6

The śramaṇa Mokṣala was a man from Khotan. In the first year of the Yuankang era of Emperor Hui of the Jin, which was the xinhai year, he translated at Shui'nan Temple in Cangheng: the Fangguang banruo jing (Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra, twenty fascicles). The Sanskrit text of this sūtra was sent back to Luoyang from Khotan by the śramaṇa Zhu Shixing through his disciple Punyadhana. Before Punyadhana departed, the Hīnayāna scholar-monks there went to the king and slandered Shixing, saying that the sūtra was not the spoken word of the Buddha. Thereupon Shixing immediately asked to burn the sūtra to prove it, and the king granted his request. They then piled up a fire to burn it and cast the sūtra into the flames. When the fire died out, the sūtra remained intact, becoming even more bright and pure. The king and his ministers were astonished and struck with awe, all proclaiming it a divine inspiration. Consequently, it was dispatched and reached here.