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English version He was sitting in meditation in a quiet place. His parents asked him strangely. He replied, 'The Buddha came to explain the Dharma (law) of Prajna (wisdom), sacred knowledge, realms, and entrances.' Then he discussed the Buddhist teachings with his sister. His father, being a follower of another path, did not understand his words but recorded over two hundred pages of them. At that time, Chan Master Hui from Longhuai Temple heard of this and came to visit. The father showed him the writings. Hui opened them and exclaimed, 'These words are entirely in accordance with Buddhist principles!' Consequently, he and his sister renounced the household life and greatly propagated the Dharma. His sister was highly respected by the King of Shu. People called her the Holy Nun, and a temple was built for her, also named Holy Nun. Mingzan Moves a Stone, Heluoqie Stamps a Spring Mingzan traveled to Mount Song and stayed there for a long time. He vigorously practiced Chan (Zen) meditation and was of a quiet disposition. Later, an inspector was ordered to offer sacrifices to the mountain and first repaired the road straight to the top of the cliff. Suddenly, in the middle of the night, there was wind and thunder, and a peak collapsed, blocking the mountain path with a large stone. Ten oxen were used to pull it, and over a thousand people shouted and pushed it, but their strength was exhausted, and the stone remained firm. Mingzan said, 'Why use so much manpower? I will move it.' The crowd laughed. Mingzan then stepped on the stone, and it suddenly turned and rolled down, with a sound like thunder. The inspector and the people exclaimed, 'This is a great sage!' Heluoqie recited two million words. Later, he entered a stone chamber in Mount Louzhi to meditate. This chamber was far from water, and believers wanted to open a stream. Heluoqie said, 'There is no need to trouble yourselves.' He then emerged from meditation and stamped the west wall of the chamber with his left foot. The opening caved in, and when he removed his foot, a spring gushed forth from it. Its taste was fragrant and pure, and those who drank it rejoiced. Sengyou Gathers Ten Thousand, Fajian Recites a Thousand Sengyou entered the Buddhist order at a young age. He specialized in the Vinaya (monastic discipline) and strictly adhered to the rules. He resided in Jianye, lecturing on the Vinaya school, and always had over ten thousand students who transmitted and upheld the teachings. Fajian had diligently studied and recited scriptures since entering the path. He resided in the Five-Story Temple in Yizhou. Gui, the younger brother of the Prince of Wuling, was defending Yizhou. The Wei (220-266) sent General Yuchi Jiong to attack Gui, and Gui surrendered. The monks and Daoists in the city were all detained. At night, there was suddenly a light. Jiong followed the light and saw that all the monks were asleep, except for Jian, who was sitting upright and reciting scriptures. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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光从口出。迥乃问建诵何经也。答曰贫道诵华严经下帙。迥曰何不从头诵之。答诵到此尔。迥曰法师诵得几许。答曰。贫道发心欲诵一藏。今始诵得一千卷尔。迥惊嗟不信。欲试。请诵一遍。莫有劳乎。建曰诵经常事。乃设座请诵经。七日七夜声不暂息焉。 史宗凭埭 杯渡负圈 史宗。不知何来。常着麻衣。世号麻衣道人。在广陵白土埭凭埭讴唱自乐。或幽或显无定其踪。时有商人海行于孤洲上。遇一沙门寄书于宗。书在船中商欲看。书着船不脱。及至白土埭。书自飞起就宗掌中。陶渊明杂传云。白土埭有二异法师。宗为其一也。 杯渡者不知姓名。常乘木杯渡水。莫测其神。带索蓝缕殆不蔽身。言语无定。或加冰洗浴。或着木履登山。唯负一芦圈子别无余物。行向广陵。遇村舍一家持八关斋。先不相识。直往而坐。置圈子于庭中。其家见渡容陋劣不生重敬。欲移圈子举而不起。乃招十人举之亦乃不起。复观其中见四小儿并长数寸形容端严。其家即大惊骇焉。 乘师髭出 砺公齿全 元魏世乘禅师者。不知上字。生而自陈前生之事。父母恐其出家逼以纳室。执志无改。入京师被命作阉官。却奏乞入山毁形修道。赉一部华严经昼夜诵念。逾月髭须复出。 法砺。生时牙齿全具坚 现代汉语译本 光从口中发出。迥（含义：人名）于是问建（含义：人名）诵读什么经。建回答说：‘贫道诵读《华严经》下半部。’迥说：‘为什么不从头诵读呢？’建回答说：‘诵读到这里而已。’迥问：‘法师诵读了多少？’建回答说：‘贫道发心想要诵读全部经藏，现在才诵读了一千卷。’迥惊讶不信，想要试探，请求他诵读一遍，是否太劳累。建说：‘诵经是经常的事。’于是设置座位，请建诵经，七天七夜声音没有暂时的停息。 史宗凭埭，杯渡负圈 史宗（含义：人名），不知道从哪里来，常常穿着麻衣，世人称他为麻衣道人。在广陵白土埭（含义：地名）凭埭讴歌自乐，时隐时现没有固定的踪迹。当时有商人出海，在孤洲上遇到一位沙门，托他带一封信给史宗。信在船中，商人想看，信却粘在船上无法取下。等到到达白土埭，信自己飞起落在史宗的手掌中。《陶渊明杂传》记载，白土埭有两位奇异的法师，史宗是其中之一。 杯渡（含义：人名）不知道姓名，常常乘坐木杯渡水，无法测度他的神异。穿着破烂的衣服几乎不能遮蔽身体，言语没有定准，有时在冰中洗浴，有时穿着木屐登山，只背着一个芦苇圈子，没有其他东西。他前往广陵，遇到一户人家正在持八关斋戒，事先并不认识，直接走进去坐下，把圈子放在庭院中。这家人见杯渡容貌丑陋简陋，没有产生敬重之心，想要移动圈子，举却举不起来，于是招来十个人举它，也还是举不起来。再仔细看圈子里面，看见四个小孩，都只有几寸高，容貌端正庄严。这家人就非常惊骇。 乘师髭出，砺公齿全 元魏（386年-557年）时期，乘禅师（含义：人名），不知道他的上字。出生后自己陈述前生的事情，父母恐怕他出家，强迫他娶妻，但他坚持自己的志向没有改变。他进入京师，被命令做阉官，却上奏请求入山毁坏形体修道。皇帝赐给他一部《华严经》，他昼夜诵念，过了一个月，胡须又长了出来。 法砺（含义：人名），出生时牙齿全部长齐，坚固。
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English version Light emanated from his mouth. Jiong (meaning: a personal name) then asked Jian (meaning: a personal name) what scripture he was reciting. Jian replied, 'This poor monk is reciting the latter part of the Avatamsaka Sutra.' Jiong said, 'Why don't you recite it from the beginning?' Jian replied, 'I have only recited up to this point.' Jiong asked, 'How much has the Dharma Master recited?' Jian replied, 'This poor monk aspires to recite the entire Tripitaka, but has only recited one thousand volumes so far.' Jiong was surprised and disbelieving, wanting to test him, and asked him to recite it once, wondering if it would be too tiring. Jian said, 'Reciting scriptures is a common occurrence.' So he set up a seat and invited Jian to recite the scripture, and for seven days and seven nights, the sound did not cease for a moment. Shi Zong Relies on the Causeway, Bei Du Carries a Ring Shi Zong (meaning: a personal name), it is not known where he came from, always wearing hemp clothes, the world called him the Hemp-Clothed Taoist. At Baitudai (meaning: a place name) in Guangling, he relied on the causeway to sing and enjoy himself, sometimes hidden and sometimes visible, without a fixed trace. At that time, there was a merchant who went to sea and met a Shramana on a solitary island, entrusting him to take a letter to Shi Zong. The letter was in the ship, and the merchant wanted to read it, but the letter was stuck to the ship and could not be taken off. When they arrived at Baitudai, the letter flew up by itself and landed in Shi Zong's palm. Tao Yuanming's Miscellaneous Biography records that there were two extraordinary Dharma Masters at Baitudai, and Shi Zong was one of them. Bei Du (meaning: a personal name) did not know his name, often crossing the water on a wooden cup, unable to fathom his divinity. He wore tattered clothes that barely covered his body, and his words were uncertain. Sometimes he bathed in ice, and sometimes he climbed mountains wearing wooden clogs, only carrying a reed ring, with nothing else. He went to Guangling and encountered a family observing the Eight Precepts, whom he did not know beforehand. He went straight in and sat down, placing the ring in the courtyard. The family, seeing Bei Du's ugly and simple appearance, did not develop respect, and wanted to move the ring, but could not lift it. So they called ten people to lift it, but they still could not lift it. Looking closely at the ring, they saw four small children, only a few inches tall, with dignified and solemn appearances. The family was very shocked. Master Cheng's Beard Grows, Master Li's Teeth are Complete During the Yuan Wei Dynasty (386-557 AD), Zen Master Cheng (meaning: a personal name), did not know his given name. From birth, he recounted the events of his previous life. His parents, fearing that he would become a monk, forced him to marry, but he insisted on his ambition without changing. He entered the capital and was ordered to be a eunuch, but he requested to enter the mountains to destroy his form and cultivate the Tao. The emperor bestowed upon him a copy of the Avatamsaka Sutra, which he recited day and night. After a month, his beard grew back. Fa Li (meaning: a personal name), was born with all his teeth fully grown and strong. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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白璨然。迄于终老中无毁落。入道以来深穷大教。名闻四海。道俗仰之。果有异于常矣。 (虞)光竉两途 能秀二祖 魏邺下勒那三藏训于慧光。光领徒传其教法在于道南。菩提三藏训于道竉。竉领徒传其教法在于道北。故邺下有南北两途大称于时。复有四宗五宗之说从此而起。 慧能居于双峰曹溪。神秀栖于江陵当阳山。同传达磨之法。盛行于天下。并德行相高。于是教兴南北。以能为南宗。以秀为北宗。二宗之称自兹为盛矣。 信行泣牛 昙猷扣虎 信行。才生之后便乐经像。似知空门之道。乃令出家。时年四岁。于路见牛车没泥牵引不停。乃悲泣无已。人问其故。曰悯其疲苦如是。 昙猷。以修学禅道隐于上剡之石城山。后移赤城山石室坐禅。常有虎数十头蹲在猷前。猷诵经次。中有一虎困睡。猷乃以竹如意扣虎头曰何不听经。于是俱听。须臾有蛇竞出。大数十围。共来听法而去。 慧持龙门 竺潜蓬户 慧持。即慧远之弟也。性格清隽解行俱高。亦事道安为师。与远共止庐山。领徒三千余人。持居其首。时豫章太守范宁请持讲法华．毗昙。于时学者竞集。王殉与范宁书云。远公持公孰愈。范宁答曰诚为贤兄贤弟也。持后届于蜀都大扬教法。时有沙门慧岩 现代汉语译本： 白璨然法师，自始至终都没有丧失节操，进入佛门以来，深入研究佛教的精髓，名声传遍四海，僧俗都敬仰他，他的成就确实与众不同。 （虞）道光和道竉两人，在各自的领域都非常杰出，堪称禅宗二祖。 北魏时期，勒那三藏在邺城（今河北临漳）将佛法传授给慧光法师。慧光法师带领弟子在道南（黄河以南地区）传播他的教法。菩提三藏将佛法传授给道竉法师。道竉法师带领弟子在道北（黄河以北地区）传播他的教法。因此，邺城形成了南北两派，在当时非常有名。后来出现的四宗五宗的说法，也是由此而起。 慧能大师住在双峰山的曹溪（今广东韶关），神秀大师住在江陵（今湖北江陵）的当阳山。他们共同传扬达磨祖师的禅法，在天下广为流传，他们的德行都很高尚。于是禅宗分为南北两派，以慧能为南宗，以神秀为北宗。南北二宗的称呼从此开始盛行。 信行和尚为牛悲泣，昙猷和尚敲虎头。 信行和尚，刚出生后就喜欢佛经和佛像，似乎天生就知道佛门之道，于是家人让他出家，当时他才四岁。有一次，他在路上看到牛车陷在泥里，拉也拉不动，就悲伤地哭了起来。人们问他为什么哭，他说：‘我可怜它们这么疲惫辛苦。’ 昙猷和尚，为了修习禅道，隐居在上剡（今浙江嵊州）的石城山。后来又移居到赤城山（今浙江天台）的石室坐禅。经常有几十只老虎蹲在昙猷和尚面前。昙猷和尚诵经的时候，其中有一只老虎困倦地睡着了。昙猷和尚就用竹如意敲打虎头说：‘为什么不听经？’于是老虎们都听经。过了一会儿，有几条蛇争先恐后地出来，大的有几十围粗，一起来听法然后离去。 慧持法师驻锡龙门，竺潜法师居住在简陋的蓬户之中。 慧持法师，是慧远法师的弟弟。性格清高俊逸，对佛法的理解和修行都很高。他也以道安法师为师，与慧远法师一起住在庐山。带领弟子三千多人，慧持法师是他们的首领。当时豫章太守范宁邀请慧持法师讲解《法华经》和《毗昙》。当时学者们争相聚集。王殉给范宁写信说：‘慧远法师和慧持法师谁更优秀？’范宁回答说：‘他们确实是贤兄贤弟啊。’慧持法师后来到达蜀都（今四川成都），大力弘扬佛法。当时有沙门慧岩