四明尊者教行錄 7.85

7.85

維時慶元歲在庚申某月朔日。山門恭嗣祖比丘（善月）敬修像事，厥工告成，謹熏滌書銘誌，內于我中興始祖法智尊者大宗師之藏。恭惟我祖以佛子孕靈，篤生皇宋。乘本願力，志在傳洪。爰念山門一家教觀，頃遭厄運幾掃地矣。寔繄我祖，稟承有在，源流正傳。逮今四方知有我四明之道，及我此道場，綿綿傳演，似續無窮，皆我祖中興之功、誓願之力也。是用奉遺像崇供事有日矣，閒甞一再裝彩，時有董溪信士，先得我祖靈骨之餘，家藏久矣。一夕感夢，罔容私留，因復歸于我祖，窴諸像內，實慶曆七年十一月二十三日。既而重飾於紹興之丁丑，亦其月日也。茲又歷年之久，夾紵弊穿，殆非所以昭示先德、垂範後世，於是再命工加修而彩飾焉。尚幾我祖神靈不泯，誓力彌新，永鎮此山，相與終始者也。奉安之日，謹與山眾拜手稽首，敬系之銘曰：

In the Qingyuan era, the year being gengshen, on the first day of the [...] month. The monk Shanyue, reverent successor to the patriarch of this mountain gate, respectfully undertook the restoration of the statue. The work being completed, I have reverently purified myself and composed this inscription, placing it inside the reliquary chamber of our reviver and founding patriarch, Venerable Fazhi, the Great Ancestral Master. Respectfully I reflect that our patriarch, endowed with spiritual gifts as a son of the Buddha, was born into the great Song. Borne upon the power of his original vows, his resolve lay in widespread transmission. Reflecting on the doctrinal teaching and contemplation of our mountain gate's single school, it had recently met with misfortune and was almost wiped from the earth. Truly, relying on our patriarch, who had authentic inheritance, the correct transmission of the lineage was preserved. That people from the four directions now know the Way of our Siming, and that this bodhimaṇḍa of ours continues to be transmitted and expounded endlessly without interruption, is entirely due to the merit of our patriarch's revival and the power of his vows. For this reason, we have revered his portrait-statue and offered worship for many days. It had occasionally been repainted once or twice. At that time, the lay believer of Dongxi had previously obtained the remains of our patriarch's holy bones and kept them at home for a long time. One night he was moved by a dream and dared not keep them privately, so he returned them to our patriarch and placed them inside the statue; this was truly on the twenty-third day of the eleventh month in the seventh year of the Qingli era. Later, it was re-adorned in the dingchou year of the Shaoxing era, on the very same month and day. Now, having passed through many years again, the dry-lacquer fabric had decayed and worn through, hardly serving to illuminate the former virtue or provide a model for later generations. Thereupon, artisans were again instructed to restore and color it. May the divine spirit of our patriarch never fade, his vow-power remain ever fresh, and perpetually protect this mountain, remaining with us from beginning to end. On the day of its enshrinement, I reverently bowed and prostrated together with the mountain community, respectfully adding an inscription that reads: