樂邦遺稿 2.47

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《唐明皇雜錄》云「房琯，字次律，開元中宰桐廬。與形真人和璞携手閑步，至夏口村，入一廢佛寺。璞坐於松下，以杖扣地，令侍人掘深數尺，得一瓦甕，內皆是婁師德與永禪師書畫。璞曰：『君省此否？』琯恍然記前世為永禪師也。僧仲殊詩曰：陋以房次律，因循墮流俗。蓋譏其失志也。」

The Miscellaneous Records of Tang Minghuang says: 'Fang Guan, courtesy name Cilu, served as the magistrate of Tonglu during the Kaiyuan era. Hand in hand, he strolled leisurely with the Realized Man of Xing, He Pu, reaching Xiakou village, where they entered an abandoned Buddhist temple. Pu sat beneath a pine tree and struck the ground with his staff, ordering the attendants to dig several feet deep. They obtained a ceramic jar, inside of which were all letters and paintings between Lou Shide and Chan Master Yong. Pu said: "Do you recall this, sir?" Guan was startled to remember that his past life had been Chan Master Yong. The monk Zhongshu's poem says: "Lowly is Fang Cilu, / drifting along and falling into the mundane flow." This was to mock his loss of his original aspiration.'