四明尊者教行錄 7.215

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宗曉甞閱草菴教苑遺事，得所謂平生賴慈眼，南望一咨嗟之句，蓋昔吳越國忠懿王寄贈寶雲通法師所作也。惜乎不睹其全，每以為恨。一日訪舊得之，喜不自勝，荊玉隋珠曾未足喻。抑有以見古人不以勢位為間，而道眼相照於天人之際。有如此者，是必靈山同佛付囑故，一以忠烈輔世、一以願力洪法，雖世出世殊，而澤及後昆至於無窮，其揆一也。（宗曉）以晚生幸霑慈蔭，祖宗盛事其可弗傳。敬以所贈二章登諸琬琰，用補茲山故事云。嘉泰壬戌歲中秋，石芝比丘（宗曉）謹識。

Zongxiao once read Cao'an's Historical Anecdotes of the Doctrinal Garden and came across the line: 'All my life I have relied on your compassionate gaze; looking southward, I heave a deep sigh.' This was composed by King Zhongyi of Wuyue and sent to Dharma Master Tong of Baoyun. Lamentably, I had not seen the whole poem and always considered it a regret. One day I visited an old friend and obtained it, rejoicing beyond measure; the jade of Bian He and the pearl of Sui Hou could not serve as an adequate comparison. Furthermore, one can see that the ancients did not let power and position create a barrier, but met each other with the eye of the Way across the divide of kings and commoners. That it was like this must be because they shared the Buddha's entrustment at Gṛdhrakūṭa; thus one assisted the world through loyal heroism, while the other propagated the Dharma through the power of his vows. Although the worldly and transworldly differ, their beneficence extends to later generations without end, and their guiding principle is one and the same. As a late-born descendant who has fortunately been watered by their compassionate shade, how could I fail to transmit this glorious event of our ancestral founders? I respectfully inscribe these two gifted poems upon the fine stone, so as to supply the historical lore of this mountain. At Mid-Autumn in the renyu year of the Jiatai era, Bhikṣu Shizhi (Zongxiao) respectfully recorded this.