樂邦遺稿 2.113

2.113

《百家詩選》曰「尹洙，字師魯，洛陽人也。天聖中登第，官至起居舍人，直龍圖閣。公一日與一佛者談，自言以靜退為樂。其人曰：『此猶有所係，不若進退兩忘。』公頓若有省。遺世之日，范文正公訪之，公隱几而坐，言曰：『己與公別，安用復來？死生，常理也。希文豈不達此？』乃相揖而逝。俄傾舉頭曰：『亦無鬼神亦無恐怖。』言已長往。師魯所養至此，可謂有力矣。」

The Baijia shixuan says: "Yin Zhu, courtesy name Shilu, was a native of Luoyang. During the Tiansheng era he passed the examinations, and his official career reached Diary Official (qiju sheren) and Auxiliary Academician of the Longtu Pavilion. One day, the gentleman was conversing with a Buddhist, and said of himself that he took pleasure in quiet withdrawal. That person said: 'This is still an attachment; it is not as good as forgetting both advance and withdrawal.' The gentleman seemed suddenly awakened. On the day he departed this world, Duke Fan Wenzheng visited him. The gentleman sat leaning on an armrest, and spoke, saying: 'I have already parted from you; why come again? Dying and living are a constant principle. How could you, Xiwen, not comprehend this?' Thereupon they bowed to each other and he expired. An instant later he raised his head and said: 'There are neither ghosts nor spirits, nor is there fear.' Having spoken, he departed forever. That Shilu's cultivation reached this point can be called powerful indeed."