四明尊者教行錄 6.76

6.76

片石焚香坐，因懷嶽寺秋，
高人雙樹下，淨業幾生修。
寶鉢窺枝鳥，銅瓶蟄海蚪，
全軀莫輕捨，應許謝公留。（師久積素行，早誓捐軀。今鼇長貳鄉三復懇留，方然其請。）

Sitting in burning incense upon a slab of stone, I recall the autumn at the mountain monastery;
Beneath the Twin Trees, a noble man—through how many lives has pure karma been cultivated?
Into the precious alms-bowl birds on the branch peer; within the bronze flask a sea dragon hibernates.
Do not lightly cast aside your whole body; you should consent to Duke Xie's urging to remain.
(The master had long accumulated pure practices and made an early vow to cast aside his body. Now the Chief Minister and Vice-Prefect have repeatedly and earnestly pleaded with him to stay, and only then did he consent to their request.)