國清百錄 2.106

2.106

弟子總持和南。獻歲春明，仰惟道體勝豫禪悅法喜，眾咸集業功歸有在，悉由明導。敬憶江都暫欲西上，先到衡嶽用賽師恩，次往渚宮以報生處。虔承此旨衛送大江，陽子臨流具申來請，即蒙開許還至觀濤。年來歲往寒暑屢變，恭聞功德圓滿遠難讚述。弟子多幸生在佛家，過庭所聞匪直詩禮，轉輪斯奉實惟日暮。今者陪扈鑾𲄳，發自京師言停洛陽，又止歷下。柴望之禮本自虞書，巡會之聲盛於姬典，至尊憲章先古允叶。人神相風，指南奉朝東岱，以今月十一日吉辰宗事云畢。于時天地載廓、日月增華，休氣神光，燭近被遠。靈芝競吐山谷，連木並秀宮壇。瘖聾矇躄之徒，無毉而自愈；扶老携幼之侶，不謀而同到。臣子殫見事非虛飾，一物得所萬里斯應，師資至重敢不稍聞。第率從便蕃即辭行所，夾鍾將末，必届楊州。今遣奉迎便願沿下，餘春未盡必希拜覲，其間珍德續復祇承。謹和南。正月二十日。

Your disciple Zongchi bows in veneration. As the New Year brings the bright spring, I respectfully contemplate your health, ease, dhyāna joy, and Dharma delight. That the assembly gathers in practice and meritorious deeds find their home is entirely due to your luminous guidance. I respectfully recall that in Jiangdu you wished to travel west for a time, first arriving at Hengyue to repay your teacher's kindness, and next proceeding to Zhugong to requite your birthplace. Devoutly receiving this intention, I escorted you to the Great River; Yangzi arrived by the stream and presented your request in full, whereupon permission was granted for you to return to Guan Tao. As the months and years pass and the seasons repeatedly shift, I respectfully hear that your meritorious deeds are complete, beyond praise from afar. Your disciple is most fortunate to have been born into the Buddhist house; what I heard when passing through the courtyard was not merely the Odes and Rites, but serving the Wheel-Turning Monarch truly occurs in the evening of my days. Now, accompanying the imperial carriage, setting out from the capital, stopping at Luoyang, and staying again at Lixia: the rites of burnt offerings and gazing afar originated in the Book of Yu, and the renown of imperial inspection tours flourished in the records of the Ji clan. The Sovereign models himself on antiquity, harmonizing fully with it. Humans and spirits observe the auspicious omens; directing the south-pointing chariot, he attended court at the Eastern Peak, and on an auspicious day, the eleventh of this month, the ancestral sacrifice was concluded. At that time, heaven and earth expanded, the sun and moon shone with greater brilliance, and auspicious vapours and divine radiance illuminated near and far. Magic fungi competed to sprout in mountain valleys, and intertwined trees flourished beside the altars. The mute, deaf, blind, and lame healed spontaneously without physicians; groups helping the aged and leading the young gathered together without prior consultation. Your servant and son has witnessed all of this; it is no empty embellishment. When one thing attains its proper place, ten thousand affairs respond; regarding our most weighty teacher-disciple relationship, how would I dare not inform you? Following the post-horses, I immediately departed the travel lodge; before the bell of the fourth month ends, I will surely arrive in Yangzhou. Now I send to welcome you, hoping that you will travel downstream; before the remainder of spring expires, I fervently hope to pay my respects. In the meantime, please take precious care of your virtue, and I shall attend upon you again. Respectfully bowing in veneration. First month, twentieth day.