四明尊者教行錄 7.73

7.73

行天台所難行，而為二浙師。記毘陵所未記，而為百世法。智者教門由此而光明孔碩，延慶道場因之而聲聞維揚。矯矯乎摩雲之標，堂堂乎不世之器。考之擊之而隨大隨小，鑽之仰之而彌堅彌高。於戲！天台之有師也，譬如泰山之有𣏌梓豫章，巨海之有珠璣大貝，東魯仲尼之門而有顏子閔子，西晉印手之室而有汰師遠師。苟非積世願力慈心，豈能一朝開物成務。稽首四明中興之祖。

He practiced what was difficult to practice in Tiantai, and became a master to the two Zhe regions. He annotated what had not been annotated by Piling, and became a model for a hundred generations. The doctrinal gate of Zhizhe thereby became vastly luminous, and the Yanqing Bodhimaṇḍa on his account spread its fame far and wide. Lofty was his cloud-brushing mark; imposing was his vessel unequaled in the age! Examine it and strike it, and it responds whether great or small; drill into it and look up to it, and it becomes ever firmer and ever higher. Alas! Tiantai’s having the Master is like Mount Tai having its fine catalpas and camphor trees, or the great ocean having its pearls and large cowries; like the school of Confucius of eastern Lu having Yanzi and Minzi, or the chamber of Master Daoan of the Western Jin having Master Daochan and Master Huiyuan. Were it not for vow-power and a compassionate mind accumulated over successive lifetimes, how could he in a single morning bring things to fruition and accomplish the tasks? I bow with forehead to the ground to the ancestral master of the Siming revival.