四明尊者教行錄 5.100

5.100

吾委付崇矩，近者得書知汝平善。汝受得浮石院，吾猶慮捨時不至分明，又見錢唐人說有多端。今睹帖疏辭，意甚周旋，衷心喜之，是汝平生留心教觀所感也。願智者圓宗，因此大行彼郡，接誘方來。然得人則其道大振，失人則其道隨滅。三衢流布，種在汝躬，慎勿放逸，宜以謙下接人、實行軌物。若其然者，則副請主學士之用心，乃酬勳公之元意。切須夙夜審思取成大利也。吾為小子（仁岳）狂簡，輒起邪思，執非為是，以偽駁真。恐世人遭伊起謗，紊亂大途，故吾勉強書兩十紙解之，俾伊略知得失。秖為伊在講下，雖久逐句記錄，待作諍端莊嚴我見，全不咨審大體，唯增毀謗之門。今因他故修得此書，略顯吾宗妙義。今以草[葶-丁+呆]一本與汝，宜子細研味之。汝欲吾作委曲付文智，今寫未暨，教伊且秉護三業，令自他有益也。人去餘無所道，為法安身為最。不具。

I, having placed my trust in Chongju, recently received your letter and learned that you are well and at peace. When you accepted Fushi Cloister, I still feared that the handing-over was not sufficiently clear, and moreover I had seen people from Qiantang speaking of many different complications. Now seeing the text of the official petition, its purport is very thorough and agreeable, and I am glad from the depths of my heart; this is evoked by your lifelong attention to doctrinal teaching and contemplation. May the perfect lineage of Zhizhe, through this, prevail greatly in that prefecture and guide those who come from afar. Yet, if it obtains the right person, the Way will vigorously rise; if it loses the right person, the Way will perish accordingly. The dissemination in Sanqu has its seed in your person: be careful never to be indolent; you should receive others with humility and regulate all beings through actual practice. If you do so, you will fulfill the intention of the academician who requested you, and repay the original wish of Lord Xun. You must, day and night, examine this carefully to achieve great benefit. Because that young fellow Renyue was mad and rash, rashly giving rise to deviant thoughts, holding what is wrong to be right, and refuting the real with the spurious, I feared that the world's people would raise slanders following him and confuse the great path; therefore, I forced myself to write twenty sheets to resolve it, so that he might slightly know what is gained and lost. Only because he was under my lectures for a long time, recording phrase by phrase, he waited to make grounds for dispute to adorn his self-view, completely failing to inquire into and examine the overarching structure, only expanding the door of vilification. Now, on account of other matters, I composed this letter to briefly reveal the profound meaning of our lineage. I now send you a draft copy; you should examine and savor it in detail. You wished me to write an elaborate letter for Wenzhi; currently the writing is not yet finished. Instruct him to maintain and protect the three karmas for the present, so as to benefit both himself and others. Someone is leaving, so I have nothing more to say; settling your body for the sake of the Dharma is foremost. Incomplete.