四明尊者教行錄 7.30

7.30

時不可久替，心有間世者出焉。四明傳教導師禮公，實教門之偉人也。童子受經，便能思義。天機特發，不曰生知之上性者乎。

The times could not long remain decayed; a person appearing once in an age was bound to emerge. Master Li, the teacher transmitting the doctrine in Siming, was truly a giant of the doctrinal school. As a boy receiving the scriptures, he could already reflect upon their meaning. His natural genius was uniquely manifest—could he not be called one of superior nature who knows things by birth?