南朝诗人谢灵运才华出众,和才华齐名的,还有他的胡子,号称“美髯”。谢灵运因遭嫉恨,被人诬告,处以极刑之时,监斩官问他临死有何托付,他说:“死就死了吧,有什么牵挂呢,只可惜了我这一把好胡子选如果你能在我死后,把我的胡子割下来给维摩诘菩萨像做胡子,我就满足了选”祗洹寺接受了这位天才诗人的名须后,不敢怠慢,马上塑了一尊维摩诘像,将他的美须粘在上面。 Southern poet Xie Lingyun talent talented, and talented, and his beard, known as “beauty 髯 ”. Xie Lingyun was jealous because of being false accusation, was sentenced to death when the prison officer asked him to death what to entrust, he said: “died to die, what care about it, but a pity my good beard If you can cut off my beard and give the Vimala beard as a beard after I die, I will satisfy the election. ”After Gandawam accepted the name of the talented poet, she dared not neglect and immediately Molded a Vimalakirti, glued his beauty to it.