傳說喺後漢永平十年（67 CE），攝摩騰接受咗漢明帝使者蔡愔班人嘅邀請，同竺法蘭一齊穿過沙漠去到洛陽，住喺明帝為佢哋起嘅白馬寺譯咗本《四十二章經》。
Legend has it that in the tenth year of Yongping in the Later Han Dynasty (67 CE), Shi Moteng accepted the invitation of Cai Yunban, the envoy of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, and went to Luoyang with Zhu Falan through the desert, and lived in the White Horse Temple set up by Emperor Ming for them.