四明尊者教行錄 7.73

7.73

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.