止觀輔行傳弘決 1.11

1.11

「智者」二字即是教主。幼名光道亦名王道，此從初生瑞相立名。法名智顗。顗，靜也。即出家後師為立號，從德為名，故用靜義。後授晉王菩薩戒品，因即為王立法號云：「大王！紆遵聖禁，名曰總持。」王曰：「師傳佛法燈，稱為智者。」今從後說，故云智者。

The two characters "Zhizhe" refer to the master of the teaching. In childhood his name was Guangdao, also called Wangdao; these names were established based on auspicious omens at his birth. His Dharma name was Zhiyi. Yi means tranquil. That is to say, after he left the household, his master established this appellation for him based on his virtues, hence using the meaning of tranquil. Later, when he conferred the bodhisattva precepts upon the Prince of Jin, he thereupon established a Dharma appellation for the prince, saying: "Great King! In reverently following the sacred prohibitions, your name is Zongchi (Dhāraṇī)." The prince said: "The master transmits the lamp of the Buddha's Dharma; he is called Zhizhe (the Wise One)." Here it follows this later account, and so says Zhizhe.