撫州曹山本寂禪師語錄 2.56

2.56

Layman Cizhan, styled Chanhai, was a person of Nono Village in Tanba Province, surnamed Sugawara, courtesy-named Sezaemon, originally named Hirotsugu. When young, he settled his residence in the capital, set his aspiration toward Reverend Kakujō of Takagamine, and served him with the etiquette of a disciple. Formerly, he requested me to carve the Dongshan yulu; having completed that task, now he has also carved the Caoshan yulu, appending it to the previous carving to form a single volume. By widely distributing the Dharma treasure, the accumulated merits and benefits are dedicated to his wife and daughter, and also to cultivate beforehand his own posthumous bliss! As for the wife, she is the Chan nun Cishō; as for the daughter, she is the good woman Chijō. Recording their fragrant names above and writing this record of these deeds will transmit the layman's courageous act to immortality.