四明尊者教行錄 5.37

5.37

真宗曰：臣請楊億為先父撰神道碑，不受潤筆。況詞臣受所贈世之常規，乞降旨以受。上召大年問之，（億）即奏以四明遺身事。上聞深嘉歎之，重諭大年曰：但傳朕意，請留住世。若師號，朕當賜之。潤筆，卿宜無讓。於是特賜法智大師。師由此住世，數年方入滅。余一日至南城，瞻禮師塔。疇昔所聞見，恐世絕聞，因假筆以識之。景祐丙子仲冬錢（希白）謹題。

Emperor Zhenzong, saying: 'Your subject requested Yang Yi to compose a spirit-path stele for my late father, but he refused the writing fee. Moreover, for a court drafter to accept such gifts is the common custom of the world; I beg that an imperial decree be issued ordering him to accept it.' The Emperor summoned Danian to question him, and (Yi) directly memorialized the matter of Siming's abandoning the body. Hearing this, the Emperor deeply praised and admired him, and repeatedly instructed Danian, saying: 'Simply convey our intention, requesting him to remain in the world. As for a master's title, we shall bestow it. Regarding the writing fee, you, minister, should not decline.' Thereupon, the title Great Master Fazhi was specially bestowed. The master remained in the world because of this, and entered extinction only several years later. One day, I reached the southern city and paid reverent homage to the master's stūpa. Fearing that what I had heard and seen in the past might be completely lost to the world, I availed myself of the brush to record it. Respectfully inscribed in mid-winter of the bingzi year of Jingyou [1036 CE] by Qian (Xibai).