四明尊者教行錄 5.85

5.85

人之死，有重過泰山、有輕如鴻毛，蓋推義所適。比干之於商、伍員之於吳、紀信之於漢，激於愛國救主，故輕死如鴻毛。管仲之就拘、曾子之避寇、子房之藏匿，抱乎智深志遠，故重死如泰山。先師宣尼甞制其法曰：言必信，行必果，硜硜然小人哉。方吾祖誓遺身之際，上蒙天子知賞、次為州將保持，死則損多、生則益大。萬一不遑恤此，潛焚幽谷，則亦匹夫之為諒耳。智者宗系，其能再興乎。建炎二年孟夏十九日，法孫傳教慧照大師（法隣）跋。

Among human deaths, some are heavier than Mount Tai, while others are lighter than a goose feather—it all depends on where righteousness leads. Bi Gan in Shang, Wu Yuan in Wu, and Ji Xin in Han, stirred by love for their country and the rescue of their lords, regarded death as light as a goose feather. Guan Zhong submitting to detention, Zengzi fleeing the bandits, and Zifang going into hiding embraced deep wisdom and far-reaching aspirations, thus regarding death as heavy as Mount Tai. The ancient teacher Xuanni once laid down the rule: 'One whose words are always trustworthy and whose actions are always resolute is a stubborn, petty man!' When our ancestral master vowed to abandon his body, above he was favored with the appreciation of the Son of Heaven, and next he was protected and preserved by the prefectural commanders. His death would have brought much harm, while his life brought immense benefit. If by any chance he had not taken this into account and secretly immolated himself in a secluded valley, it would have been merely the fidelity of a common fellow. Could the lineage of Zhizhe then have risen again? On the nineteenth day of the first month of summer in the second year of Jianyan [1128], colophon by Dharma-grandson, Dharma Master Huizhao of the transmission of teachings, Falin.