四明尊者教行錄 5.93

5.93

元豐間，剡溪上方有子通講者，因之三衢，謁長壽水法師。見壁間懸數族，皆四明尊者付門人炬公之書，辭翰平淡、道義優柔，凜然古人風度。通即錄歸，自茲傳播。然四明中興祖道，稟法之徒靡計其數，唯公所得最深，獨擅出藍之美。方其在輪下居席端，眾請貳講，四明聽而駭之，謂吾後之有賴矣。初出世，領三衢本業寺，四明授與手鑪如意，足見印可之篤。後詣京師，真宗知名，召講《四十二章經》，因賜命服。續迴梓里，住持浮石。茲山先係禪剎，長老元勳因聽師講唱，遂請問從真起妄之義。一言相契，迴禮為師，即捨此院，永為教庠。師一開法，學徒雲委，大展黌堂，揄揚聖化。至今三衢台道之行，由師力也。通得此帖，甚珍惜，復跋其所得於後。無何，歲久魚魯成訛，余故芟夷調理，易冠于前，庶幾覽者先知文之自來也。嘉泰二年中秋後一日（宗曉）志。

During the Yuanfeng era [1078–1085], in the upper reaches of Shanxi, there was the lecturer Zitong who, traveling to Sanqu, visited Dharma Master Changshoushui. On the wall he saw several hanging scrolls, all being letters given by the Venerable Siming to his disciple Master Ju. The brushwork and phrasing were plain and unadorned, the moral righteousness relaxed and generous, possessing the awe-inspiring style of the ancients. Zitong immediately copied them to return with, and from this they were circulated. Now, when Siming revived the ancestral Way, the disciples who received his Dharma were beyond count; but Master [Ju] attained the deepest realization, uniquely displaying the beauty of outdoing the master. When he was under his wheel and sat at the head of the assembly, the community requested him to deliver secondary lectures; Siming listened and was astonished, remarking, 'On him my future will rely!' When he first appeared in the world to lead Benye Monastery in Sanqu, Siming bestowed upon him a hand-censer and a ruyi, which sufficiently demonstrated the depth of his seal of approval. Later he went to the capital; Emperor Zhenzong heard of his name and summoned him to lecture on the *Sūtra of Forty-two Chapters*, whereupon he was bestowed a monastic robe. Subsequently he returned to his home district and resided as abbot of Fushi. This mountain had previously been a Chan monastery. The elder Yuanxun, upon hearing the master lecture and chant, thereupon inquired about the meaning of delusion arising from the real. With a single word they harmonized; [Yuanxun] turned to pay homage and become his disciple, and immediately relinquished this cloister to become a permanent school of the doctrinal teachings. Once the master opened the Dharma, students gathered like clouds; he greatly expanded the lecture hall and propagated the sacred transformation. Down to the present day, the practice of the Tiantai Way in Sanqu is due to the master's efforts. Zitong obtained these letters and cherished them greatly, and further added a colophon about what he had obtained at the end. Before long, over the course of years, clerical errors multiplied; I have therefore pruned and adjusted them, placing this preface at the beginning, so that readers may first know the provenance of the texts. Recorded by Zongxiao on the day after the Mid-Autumn Festival in the second year of Jiatai [1202].