原文 Original text
繁體 Traditional
含詞賦 With rhapsody
多寶臺讚
The Bodhisattva at the Jeweled Platform
這菩薩直至多寶臺邊，果然是明智金蟬之相。詩曰：这菩萨直至多宝台边，果然是明智金蝉之相。诗曰：
萬象澄明絕點埃，大典玄奘坐高臺。万象澄明绝点埃，大典玄奘坐高台。
超生孤魂暗中到，聽法高流市上來。超生孤魂暗中到，听法高流市上来。
施物應機心路遠，出生隨意藏門開。施物应机心路远，出生随意藏门开。
對看講出無量法，老幼人人放喜懷。对看讲出无量法，老幼人人放喜怀。
又詩曰：又诗曰：
因遊法界講堂中，逢見相知不俗同。因游法界讲堂中，逢见相知不俗同。
盡說目前千萬事，又談塵劫許多功。尽说目前千万事，又谈尘劫许多功。
法雲容曳舒群岳，教網張羅滿太空。法云容曳舒群岳，教网张罗满太空。
檢點人生歸善念，紛紛天雨落花紅。检点人生归善念，纷纷天雨落花红。
逐句解 Line by line
這菩薩直至多寶臺邊，果然是明智金蟬之相。詩曰：
这菩萨直至多宝台边，果然是明智金蝉之相。诗曰：
This Bodhisattva came right up to the side of the Jeweled Platform, and there indeed was the aspect of the wise Golden Cicada. The poem says:
多寶臺 (the Jeweled Platform) is the raised seat of the presiding monk. 相 in 金蟬之相 ('the aspect of the Golden Cicada') is xiàng ('appearance'); the disguised Guanyin sees through to Xuanzang's true nature.
萬象澄明絕點埃，大典玄奘坐高臺。
万象澄明绝点埃，大典玄奘坐高台。
All phenomena clear and bright, without a mote of dust; at the great rite, Xuanzang sits upon the high platform.
超生孤魂暗中到，聽法高流市上來。
超生孤魂暗中到，听法高流市上来。
Orphaned souls seeking rebirth arrive unseen in the dark; lofty spirits come to hear the Law, up from the marketplace.
施物應機心路遠，出生隨意藏門開。
施物应机心路远，出生随意藏门开。
Giving things as the occasion requires, the mind's road runs far; bringing forth life at will, the storehouse-gate stands open.
應 in 應機 ('to respond to the occasion') is yìng; 藏 in 藏門 ('the storehouse-gate') is zàng.
對看講出無量法，老幼人人放喜懷。
对看讲出无量法，老幼人人放喜怀。
Facing all, he expounds the measureless Law; old and young, every one, opens a joyful heart.
又詩曰：
又诗曰：
And another poem says:
A second 詩曰 introduces a further quatrain, this one voiced from the Bodhisattva's own vantage.
因遊法界講堂中，逢見相知不俗同。
因游法界讲堂中，逢见相知不俗同。
Roaming the dharma-realm, within the lecture-hall, she met one who knew her, no common fellow.
相 in 相知 ('one who knows [her]') is xiāng. The line refers to the Bodhisattva's recognition of Xuanzang, the Golden Cicada.
盡說目前千萬事，又談塵劫許多功。
尽说目前千万事，又谈尘劫许多功。
Fully she told of a myriad present things, and spoke too of the merit of dusty kalpas.
盡 in 盡說 ('fully told') is jìn; 塵劫 ('dusty kalpas') are the countless ages of past existence.
法雲容曳舒群岳，教網張羅滿太空。
法云容曳舒群岳，教网张罗满太空。
The dharma-cloud, trailing loose, unfurls over the ranged peaks; the teaching-net, spread wide, fills the vast void.
法雲 ('the dharma-cloud') and 教網 ('the teaching-net') are figures for the all-embracing reach of the Buddhist teaching.
檢點人生歸善念，紛紛天雨落花紅。
检点人生归善念，纷纷天雨落花红。
Reckoning up human life, it turns to thoughts of good; profuse, the heavens rain down red falling flowers.
The raining of flowers (天雨落花) is a traditional sign of heaven's approval of a holy exposition.
總評 Commentary
Two poems frame the moment before the confrontation. The first celebrates the assembly at its height — the dust-free clarity of the rite, the unseen arrival of the orphaned dead, the marketplace crowd drawn up to hear the Law, and heaven's flowers raining in approval. The second shifts to the Bodhisattva's own vantage: 'roaming the dharma-realm,' she 'met one who knew her,' the recognition between Guanyin and the Golden Cicada that underlies the whole encounter. Together the poems poise the scene between its outward splendor and its hidden significance — a magnificent rite that is nonetheless incomplete, and a disguised Bodhisattva who alone knows what it lacks.