樂邦遺稿 2.47

2.47

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.'