樂邦遺稿 2.77

2.77

The Xiangshan yelu states: “When Du Hongjian, Chancellor of the Tang, first pacified Bashu, he arrived in Yizhou and met Chan Master Wuzhu of Mount Baiyun, obtaining the essential meaning of the Buddha Dharma; from then on, he lodged his mind in the joy of Chan. He had a poem that said: ‘I long vow to abide in the principle of Chan; / How could I bow to the source of worldly transformation?’ In his later years, he entered the chancellery, and resigned due to illness. When he was on the verge of death, he looked at his sons and gave his final charge: ‘You must bathe me, shave my beard and hair, put a saṅghāṭī robe on me, and cremate my body with fire. This is my vow, and you must not violate it.’”