四明尊者教行錄 6.38

6.38

the Venerable Siming Fazhi and Dharma Master Ciyun of Tianzhu. These two men—like blue derived from indigo or ice colder than water—were able to broaden their master's Way and greatly revitalize the single school of Tiantai, running side by side and contending in speed with Zhizhe himself. At that time, renowned literati such as Duke Wen Yang, Duke Ji Wang, and Duke Lu Zeng became their teachers and friends; it may indeed be called glorious! Only Fazhi presided over the Bao'en Cloister of Ming[zhou]; later, it was granted the name Yanqing, and he petitioned the imperial court for it to remain forever a Tiantai teaching monastery. The imperial edict received, along with the 'Record of Bao'en Cloister', were formerly carved on stone, but recently through the fires of warfare, they were swept away and ceased to exist. The present abbot, Master Jueyun Lian, of lofty and eminent moral conduct, wishing to follow the former tracks, vigorously sought out the surviving manuscript and obtained it, so that students might take warning from it. When the work of re-engraving it on stone was finished, he came to beg for a few words to inspire confidence in later generations. Commending his ability not to let the traces of predecessors vanish, I therefore granted his request. The first day of the second month in the bingzi year of the Shaoxing era (1156 CE), postscript by the Layman of True Seclusion, Shi [Hao].