The Jade Belt Sent from Heaven天賜玉帶
1Three stone steps break at once
天賜玉帶〔清泰四年丁酉五月正承金傅獻鐫金粧玉排方腰帶一條,長十圍鐫銙六十二日是真平王天賜帶也.太祖受之藏之内庫.〕第二十六白淨王謚真平大王金氏.大建十一年己亥八月即位,身長十一尺.駕幸内帝釋宫,〔亦名天柱寺,王之所創.〕踏石梯三石並折.王謂左右曰“不動此石以示後來”,即城中五不動石之一也.
The jade belt sent from Heaven.
〔In the fourth year of Qingtai, a jeongyu year, in the fifth month, the minister Gim Bu presented a waist belt engraved with gold and adorned with jade. Its length was ten spans, and it had sixty-two engraved plaques. He said this was the belt that King Jinpyeong received from Heaven. Taejo accepted it and stored it in the inner treasury.〕
King Baekjeong, the twenty-sixth king, had the posthumous title Great King Jinpyeong, and was of the Gim clan.
He ascended the throne in the eighth month of the eleventh year of Dajian, a gihae year. His height was eleven cheok.
He went out to the Inner Jeseok Palace〔Also called Cheonju Temple. The king built it.〕 and stepped on the stone stairs, and three stones broke at once.
The king said to those around him, "Do not move these stones. Show them to those who come after."
This is one of the five unmoving stones within the fortress.
Interlinear notes 2
清泰四年丁酉五月正承金傅獻鐫金粧玉排方腰帶一條, 長十圍鐫銙六十二日是真平王天賜帶也. 太祖受之藏之内庫.
In the fourth year of Qingtai, a jeongyu year, in the fifth month, the minister Gim Bu presented a waist belt engraved with gold and adorned with jade. Its length was ten spans, and it had sixty-two engraved plaques. He said this was the belt that King Jinpyeong received from Heaven. Taejo accepted it and stored it in the inner treasury.
亦名天柱寺, 王之所創.
Also called Cheonju Temple. The king built it.
2The three treasures of Silla
即位元年有天使降於殿庭謂王曰,“上皇命我傳賜玉帶.”王親奉跪受然後其使上天.凡郊廟大祀皆服之.後高麗王将謀伐羅乃曰,“新羅有三寶不可犯何謂也.”“皇龍寺丈六尊像一,其寺九層塔二,真平王天賜玉帶三也.”乃止其謀.讃曰.雲外天頒玉帶圍,辟雍龍袞雅相冝.吾君自此身彌重,准擬明朝鑯作墀.
In the first year of his reign, a messenger from Heaven came down into the palace courtyard and said to the king,
"The Supreme Emperor (上皇) has commanded me to deliver this jade belt as a gift to you."
The king knelt and received it in person, and only then did the messenger rise up to heaven.
At all the great sacrifices in the suburbs and at the shrines, he wore this belt.
Later, when the King of Goguryeo was plotting to attack Silla, he said, "It is said that Silla has three treasures and cannot be attacked. What are they?"
"The sixteen-foot Buddha of Hwangnyong Temple is one, the nine-story pagoda of that temple is two, and the jade belt that King Jinpyeong received from Heaven is three."
So he gave up the plan.
The eulogy says.
Beyond the clouds Heaven sent down a jade belt to wear. It suits the royal seat and the dragon robe well. From this our king's body grows heavier still. Tomorrow morning the steps must be built of iron.