宗鏡錄 1.4

1.4

皇弟魏端獻王。鏤板分施名藍。四方學者。罕遇其本。元祐六年夏。游東都法雲道場。始見錢唐新本。尤為精詳。乃吳人徐思恭。請法涌禪師。同永樂法真二三耆宿。遍取諸錄。用三乘典籍。聖賢教語。校讀成就。以廣流布。其益甚博。法涌知予喜閱是錄。因請為序云。

the imperial younger brother, Prince Duanxian of Wei, had printing blocks carved and distributed it to famous monasteries. Yet scholars of the four quarters rarely encountered a copy of it. In the summer of the sixth year of the Yuanyou reign period, while visiting the Fayun Monastery in the Eastern Capital, I first saw the new Qiantang edition, which was especially precise and detailed. It had been brought about when Xu Sigong, a native of Wu, invited Chan Master Fayong, together with two or three elders including Fazhen of Yongle, to gather all editions extensively, and using the scriptures of the triyāna and the teachings of the sages, collated and finalized it so as to distribute it widely. Its benefit has been immensely vast. Knowing that I took delight in reading this record, Fayong accordingly requested that I write this preface.