樂邦文類 3.129

3.129

庾詵，字彥寶，新野人。幼聰驚，經史百家無不該綜，至於棊算機巧並絕一時。而性託夷簡，特愛林泉，十畝之宅山池居半，蔬食弊衣不修產業。一時乘舟從沮中還，載米一百五十石，有人寄載三十石。及至家，寄者曰：「君三十石，我一百五十石。」詵默而不言，恣其取足。凡處事類此也。武帝少與詵善，及起兵署為平西府記室。至普通中，詔為黃門侍郎。並稱疾不起。晚年尤遵釋教，宅內立道場，六時禮懺，誦《法華經》日終一遍。忽於後夜見一道人，自稱願公，容止甚異，呼詵為上行先生，授香而去。大通四年因寢，忽夢覺曰：「願公復來，不可久住。」言終而亡，年七十八。舉室咸聞空中唱「上行先生已生彌陀淨域矣。」武帝聞而敬之，諡號貞節處士，以顯高烈（見南史）。

Yu Shen, courtesy name Yanbao, was a native of Xinye. In his youth he was extraordinarily intelligent; there were none among the classics, histories, and hundred schools that he did not master, and in chess, arithmetic, and mechanical skill he was peerless in his time. Yet by nature he inclined to tranquility and simplicity, especially fond of woods and springs; his ten-mu estate was half taken up by hills and ponds, and he ate vegetarian food, wore tattered clothes, and did not manage his estate. Once, while returning by boat from Juzhong, carrying one hundred and fifty shi of grain, someone consigned thirty shi with him. Upon arriving home, the consignor said: "Yours is thirty shi; mine is one hundred and fifty shi." Shen remained silent and did not speak, letting him take his fill. His handling of matters was generally like this. Emperor Wu was on good terms with Shen in his youth, and when he raised troops, he appointed Shen as an editorial clerk in the Pingxi Headquarters. In the Putong reign era, an imperial decree appointed him Vice Minister of the Yellow Gate. In each case he pleaded illness and did not take up office. In his later years, he especially revered the teachings of Śākya[muni], establishing a bodhimaṇḍa within his residence, performing the rites of repentance throughout the six periods of the day, and reciting the Lotus Sūtra completely once a day. Suddenly, late at night, he saw a practitioner of the Way who called himself Master Yuan. His appearance and bearing were most extraordinary; calling Shen "Gentleman of Superior Conduct," he handed him incense and left. In the fourth year of the Datong reign era, while resting, he suddenly woke from a dream and said: "Master Yuan has come again; I cannot stay long." As his words ended, he passed away at the age of seventy-eight. The entire household heard a voice chanting in the sky: "Gentleman of Superior Conduct has already been reborn in Amitābha's Pure Realm." Emperor Wu, hearing of this, revered him, and bestowed the posthumous title "Chaste and Moderate Retired Scholar" to make manifest his lofty virtue (see the History of the Southern Dynasties).