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English version Returning to secular life. There are those who do not return to secular life. Those who go to other places, separated from their parents, relatives, and their native country, experience extreme sorrow and distress, weeping loudly. The Sangha (community of monks) gathered together, proceeding to the Mūhūṃ monastery. There, there was a large stupa (Buddhist monument), and a great and devout □伯 divine king (name to be researched) opened the stupa, taking out a golden bracelet filled with pearls, and gave it to the Sangha. Furthermore, other devout donors prepared various provisions to give to the Sangha. In this way, the Sangha gradually arrived at Nulu River. They used those pearls as food for half a month. At that time, the Sangha arrived at Nulu River, staying at the Songduo Ge Gongniang Temple. At that time, Vaiśravaṇa (the Guardian King of the North) and Lakshmi (the Goddess of Fortune) transformed into a couple, living there, respectfully saying to the Sangha, 'We will perform meritorious deeds, we hope you will accept them.' For half a month, they held a large almsgiving ceremony, respectfully offering to the Sangha. The Goddess of Fortune took out a sleeve full of gold and jewels from her sleeve, and gave it to the Sangha. At that time, the Sangha traveled from the land of the Red-Faced Great Tibetans to Broken Mountain, encountering guards who detained them and would not let them pass, saying, 'There are other roads elsewhere, you may go as you please.' At that time, Vaiśravaṇa transformed himself into a white yak with a sore on its back and a tether. The Sangha saw it and said to each other, 'This yak with a sore on its back is someone's livestock. Where is it going? Let's follow it.' At that time, that yak led them straight to the territory of Sapī in the Red-Faced country. At that time, the Sapī army was patrolling the road, and seeing many monks coming from the west, they ran to inform the Red-Faced King. At that time, the Red-Faced King's wife heard that many monks were scattered and fleeing because they had lost their land, and said to the King, 'I will prepare livestock and vehicles, as well as provisions, and I wish to invite the Sangha to come to the Red-Faced country.' The King also agreed. So, they prepared livestock and vehicles, and went to welcome the Sangha to the Red-Faced country. At that time, the Red-Faced King's princess and attendants made offerings and prostrated, asking the great scholars among the Sangha who were well-versed in the Tripiṭaka (the three baskets of Buddhist scriptures), 'Besides you, are there any other refugees?' The great Tripiṭaka scholars respectfully replied, 'In Parthia, Khotan, Gilgit, and Kashmir, there are many Sanghas like us who are displaced due to exile, and they are currently in those places.' Immediately, messengers were sent to welcome them. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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请众僧至赤面国。时赤面国置七所寺。办诸供具。常住人户倍胜往曰。安置众僧住在七寺。后经三四年。公主心上有恶疮出。病苦之时。公主白王。妾因此疾终不得免。所有僮仆及以财物。愿施三宝。王亦许之。六百侍从悉放出家。然后公主命将终尽。公主终后。赤面国王境界之内。豆疮病起。大臣百官并诸子孙而死者众。时彼群臣而集会之白其王曰。王国界内。先无如是疮苦病恼。今诸波迸戎夷僧众来到此处。公主崩逝。大臣百官多有死者。是故此诸出家之众。不留王界。理合驱出。王先之日。合驱不驱。委细详之。群臣同心。乐驱众僧。以白王知。欲驱众僧出于王界。是时赤面国王境内旧住苾刍瞋恚而言。若以驱逐此诸僧。我等亦皆不住于此。诸臣恚言。汝等亦当随意而去。公主来至赤面国后。汉王兴崇道士法。故一切汉僧悉皆来至赤面国界。如是之时。彼界众僧。赤面国内所有舍利圣教经论供养诸具常住财物。尽皆赍持。往至于西大乾陀罗国。当尔之时。汉与赤面婆罗行国于阗国等直至恒河。像法灭没更无有余。恒河彼岸俱闪弥国像法三月住世。最后灭尽。一切僧众至乾陀罗界伊罗叶龙王所住海岸。三宝威力。彼海腾波。龙王思惟。我所住处何故腾波。以天眼观知释迦牟尼如来圣教像法近灭末后见僧之期。自变 现代汉语译本 请众僧前往赤面国（一个国家的名字）。当时，赤面国建造了七座寺庙，准备了各种供养的器具。常住的人户比过去增加了一倍。安置众僧住在七座寺庙里。过了三四年后，公主的心口上长了一个恶疮。在病痛的时候，公主告诉国王：‘我因为这个疾病最终无法避免死亡。我所有的僮仆以及财物，希望施舍给三宝（佛、法、僧）。’国王也答应了她。六百名侍从全部被放出家。然后公主的生命将要终结。公主去世后，赤面国王的境内，爆发了豆疮疾病。大臣百官以及子孙死了很多人。当时那些大臣们一起禀告国王说：‘我们的国家境内，先前没有像这样的疮痛疾病。现在这些波迸戎夷（指外来的）僧众来到这里，公主崩逝，大臣百官死了很多人。因此，这些出家的人，不应该留在我们的国家境内，理应驱逐出去。’国王先前的时候，应该驱逐却没有驱逐，应该详细地考虑。群臣同心，乐于驱逐众僧，禀告国王，想要驱逐众僧离开他们的国家境内。这时，赤面国王境内原先居住的苾刍（比丘，出家男子）生气地说：‘如果驱逐这些僧人，我们也都不会住在这里。’那些大臣生气地说：‘你们也应当随意离去。’自从公主来到赤面国后，汉王（中国的国王）兴盛道士的法术。所以一切汉僧（中国的僧人）都来到赤面国的境内。在这个时候，那个地方的众僧，把赤面国内所有的舍利（佛的遗骨），圣教（佛教的教义），经论（佛教的经典），供养的器具，常住的财物，全部都携带，前往西大乾陀罗国（一个国家的名字）。当那个时候，汉（中国）与赤面国、婆罗行国（一个国家的名字）、于阗国（一个国家的名字）等，直到恒河（一条河流的名字）一带，佛法灭亡，不再有剩余。恒河的彼岸，俱闪弥国（一个国家的名字）的佛法还能维持三个月。最后也灭尽了。一切僧众到达乾陀罗（一个国家的名字）境内伊罗叶龙王（一个龙王的名字）所居住的海岸。三宝的威力，使那个海面腾起波浪。龙王心想，我所居住的地方为什么会腾起波浪？用天眼观察，知道释迦牟尼如来（佛教的创始人）的圣教佛法将要灭亡，是最后见到僧人的时期。于是自己变化
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English version Please invite all the monks to the Red-Faced Country (a country's name). At that time, the Red-Faced Country built seven temples and prepared various offerings. The number of permanent residents was twice as many as before. The monks were settled in the seven temples. After three or four years, a malignant sore appeared on the princess's heart. In her suffering, the princess told the king: 'I will inevitably die from this disease. I wish to donate all my servants and possessions to the Triple Gem (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha).' The king agreed. All six hundred attendants were released to become monks. Then the princess's life was about to end. After the princess died, a smallpox epidemic broke out in the Red-Faced King's territory. Many ministers, officials, and descendants died. At that time, the ministers reported to the king together, saying: 'There has never been such a painful disease in our country before. Now that these Bo Beng Rong Yi (referring to foreign) monks have come here, the princess has passed away, and many ministers and officials have died. Therefore, these monks should not stay in our country and should be expelled.' The king should have expelled them earlier but did not, and should have considered it carefully. The ministers were of one mind and happy to expel the monks, reporting to the king that they wanted to expel the monks from their country. At this time, the Bhikshus (monks, ordained men) who originally lived in the Red-Faced King's territory said angrily: 'If these monks are expelled, we will not stay here either.' The ministers said angrily: 'You should also leave as you please.' Since the princess came to the Red-Faced Country, the Han King (Chinese king) promoted the Taoist practices. Therefore, all the Han monks (Chinese monks) came to the Red-Faced Country. At this time, the monks of that place carried all the Sharira (Buddha's relics), the Holy Teachings (Buddhist doctrines), the Sutras and Treatises (Buddhist scriptures), the offerings, and the permanent possessions in the Red-Faced Country, and went to the Western Great Gandhara Country (a country's name). At that time, the Dharma was destroyed in Han (China), the Red-Faced Country, the Bharo Xing Country (a country's name), the Yutian Country (a country's name), etc., all the way to the Ganges River (a river's name), and there was nothing left. On the other side of the Ganges River, the Dharma in the Ju Shan Mi Country (a country's name) could only last for three months. Finally, it was also destroyed. All the monks arrived at the coast in the Gandhara (a country's name) territory where the Ira葉 Dragon King (a dragon king's name) lived. The power of the Triple Gem caused waves to rise on the sea. The Dragon King thought, why are waves rising in the place where I live? Using his divine eye, he knew that the Holy Teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha (the founder of Buddhism) were about to be destroyed, and it was the last time to see the monks. So he transformed himself --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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其身为一老人。从海而出。礼彼众僧。以问之曰。如是众僧从于何来。往至何所。众僧答曰。我等本居赤面国界。施主无信。毁灭常住及精舍。故我等往至大乾陀罗国。龙王问曰。众僧极广。有何粮食。大乾陀罗国绕海而去四十日余。始达彼处。今现众僧唯有二十日粮。云何达彼。众僧闻已。皆大啼哭。龙王见已。极生忧恼。语僧众曰。此有直路。有其蛇桥。能上往者速达彼处。作是语讫。老人不见。时彼龙王现一登山之路。自变其身为一大蛇。海上作桥。作是思惟。我今若度此诸僧众。先作恶业。今受傍生之身。亦可得脱。发是愿矣。便置蛇桥十五日余。众多人畜于上而过。蛇桥之上人畜过时。或有堕水而命终者。如是人畜往来去故。其蛇脊背破裂毁坏。血流而雨。海变为血。众多僧众于蛇桥上而往过。时末后余残赤面留难而不放过。然后大蛇堕于海中而命终已。得生兜率陀天。海亦枯竭。 尔时僧众到乾陀罗国。彼国之王具办供具。二年供养各令安乐。经二年已。彼王舍寿。王有二子。一信佛法。一行外道法。后争王位。其时僧众为信法王子作用傥。故彼得胜已而绍王位。彼王统治之时。加僧俸禄资缘具足。经半年已。有一苾刍。杀却彼王。自绍王位。乾陀罗国一切人众。一时而反杀苾刍王。诸余僧众尽皆 现代汉语译本： 有一个老人，从海里出来，向众僧顶礼，然后问道：‘你们这些僧人从哪里来？要到哪里去？’众僧回答说：‘我们本来住在赤面国（Raktamukha，指红脸人的国家），那里的施主没有信仰，毁坏寺庙和精舍，所以我们前往大乾陀罗国（Mahagandhara，古代印度的一个地区）。’龙王问道：‘僧众如此众多，有什么粮食呢？大乾陀罗国绕海而行，要四十多天才能到达。现在众僧只有二十天的粮食，怎么能到达那里呢？’众僧听了，都大声哭泣。龙王见了，非常忧愁，对僧众说：‘这里有一条直路，有一座蛇桥，能走上去的人可以快速到达那里。’说完这些话，老人就不见了。当时，龙王显现出一条登山的路，自己变成一条大蛇，在海上搭起桥梁。他这样思量：‘我现在如果能渡过这些僧众，即使先前造了恶业，现在受了傍生之身，也可以得到解脱。’发了这个愿之后，便用自己的身体做了十五天多的蛇桥，许多人和牲畜从上面走过。在蛇桥上，人和牲畜经过时，有的掉进水里而丧命。由于这样的人和牲畜来来往往，蛇的脊背破裂毁坏，血流如雨，海水都变成了血红色。许多僧众从蛇桥上走过。当时，最后剩下的赤面国的人不让他们通过，然后大蛇掉进海里而死去，之后便转生到兜率陀天（Tusita，佛教欲界六天之一）。海水也枯竭了。 当时，僧众到达乾陀罗国。那里的国王准备了充足的供养，供养了两年，让大家都安乐。两年之后，国王去世。国王有两个儿子，一个信奉佛法，一个信奉外道。后来他们争夺王位。当时，僧众帮助信奉佛法的王子，所以他获胜并继承了王位。这位国王统治期间，增加了僧人的俸禄，资助也充足。过了半年，有一个比丘（Bhikkhu，佛教出家男子）杀掉了这位国王，自己继承了王位。乾陀罗国的所有人，一时反叛，杀掉了比丘王，其余的僧众都...
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English version: He appeared as an old man, emerging from the sea. He bowed to the assembly of monks and asked, 'Where do these monks come from? Where are they going?' The monks replied, 'We originally resided in the country of Raktamukha (Red-faced country), where the patrons lacked faith and destroyed monasteries and viharas (Buddhist monasteries). Therefore, we are going to Mahagandhara (an ancient region in India).' The Dragon King asked, 'The Sangha (monastic community) is so large, what provisions do you have? It takes more than forty days to reach Mahagandhara by sea. Now the Sangha only has twenty days' worth of food. How will you reach there?' Upon hearing this, the monks all wept loudly. The Dragon King, seeing this, became extremely worried and said to the Sangha, 'There is a direct route here, a snake bridge. Those who can ascend it can quickly reach that place.' After saying these words, the old man disappeared. At that time, the Dragon King manifested a path to climb the mountain, transforming himself into a large serpent, forming a bridge over the sea. He thought, 'If I can ferry these monks across, even if I have committed evil deeds in the past and am now in the form of an animal, I can still be liberated.' Having made this vow, he remained as a snake bridge for more than fifteen days. Many people and animals crossed over it. While people and animals were crossing the snake bridge, some fell into the water and died. Because of this constant traffic of people and animals, the serpent's spine cracked and broke, blood flowed like rain, and the sea turned blood-red. Many monks crossed over the snake bridge. At that time, the last remaining people of Raktamukha were not allowed to pass, and then the great serpent fell into the sea and died, after which he was reborn in Tusita Heaven (one of the six heavens of the desire realm in Buddhism). The sea also dried up. At that time, the Sangha arrived in Mahagandhara. The king of that country prepared ample offerings and provided for them for two years, ensuring everyone's comfort. After two years, the king passed away. The king had two sons, one who believed in the Buddha's Dharma (teachings) and one who followed heterodox paths. Later, they fought for the throne. At that time, the Sangha supported the prince who believed in the Dharma, so he won and inherited the throne. During this king's reign, he increased the monks' stipends and provided ample resources. After half a year, a Bhikkhu (Buddhist monk) killed the king and usurped the throne. All the people of Mahagandhara rebelled at once and killed the Bhikkhu king, and all the remaining monks... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------