樂邦遺稿 2.97

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孝廟朝大丞相端明魏文節公𣏌，晚年奉祠歸于四明小溪。公為一代勳臣，言行高節。在朝野平生篤信佛法，每發誓願，祈來世為一清淨僧。一日命丹青寫為僧相，揭之高堂，常想像之。時育王佛照光禪師垂訪，因請為之贊。贊曰：身從果位中來，位冠百僚之上，只緣熟處難忘，故現比丘之相。千載希奇，古今榜樣。拙菴特為證明，留與人間供養。洎公之薨，乃顧命諸子曰：「吾去已，當為我剃髮著袈裟，以僧相殮之。」諸子不違重命，且以三衣一鉢奉安棺中。

In the court of Xiaozong, Grand Councilor and Academician of Duanming Hall Wei Wenjie, whose personal name was Qi, retired in his late years to hold a sinecure and returned to Xiaoxi in Siming. The Duke was a meritorious minister of an entire generation, with lofty integrity in speech and conduct. Both in court and outside of it throughout his life, he had deep faith in the Buddha's Dharma, and frequently made vows praying that in his next life he would become a pure monk. One day, he ordered a painter to depict him in the likeness of a monk, hung it in his high hall, and often visualized it. At that time, Chan Master Foguang Guang of Ayowang paid a visit, and [the Duke] therefore requested a panegyric from him. The panegyric said: / His body comes from the station of realization, / His position is foremost above the hundred officials; / Only because what is familiar is hard to forget, / He therefore manifests the likeness of a bhikṣu. / A rare marvel in a thousand years, / A model for past and present. / Zhuo'an specially provides this verification, / Leaving it in the human world for offerings. / When the Duke died, he gave his final commands to his sons, saying: 'After I am gone, you must shave my hair and dress me in a kāṣāya, burying me in the appearance of a monk.' His sons did not disobey his weighty command, and moreover placed the three robes and one almsbowl into the coffin to enshrine them.