肇論新疏 2.232

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"Zhi" (致) means to reach or arrive. The Shuowen says: "To deliver; to go to." Various accounts say that the master's name was Chengzhi, his courtesy name was Zhongsi, and he was a man of Pengcheng. A descendant of King Yuan of Chu of the Han dynasty, outwardly he was skilled in the hundred philosophical schools, and inwardly he investigated Buddhist principles. Together with the scholars Lei Cizong, Zong Bing, Zhou Xuzhi, and others, they were all celebrated figures of the era. He served Master Yuan at Mount Lu, was acclaimed among the Eighteen Worthies, and meticulously formed the Lotus Society. At that time, Dharma Master Daosheng of Longguang Monastery entered the Passes to study under Kumārajīva, and on that account became an intimate friend of the treatise master [Sengzhao]. When Master Daosheng returned south, he took the aforementioned treatise and presented it to the assembly of the Mount Lu society. Liu Yimin examined it and sighed in admiration: "I never imagined that among the monastic robes there would again be a He Pingshu!" He thereupon formulated inquiries, which truly served to stimulate [Sengzhao's] thinking. Venerable Master Yao said: "Although the trace rests with Liu Yimin, it was also Master Yuan's profound intent."