禪林寶訓 3.55

3.55

妙喜謂子韶曰。近代主法者無如真如哲。善輔弼叢林莫若楊岐。議者謂。慈明真率作事忽略殊無避忌。楊岐忘身事之。惟恐不周。惟慮不辦。雖衝寒冒暑未嘗急己惰容。始自南源終于興化。僅三十載總柄綱律。盡慈明之世而後已。如真如者。初自束包行脚逮于應世領徒。為法忘軀。不啻如饑渴者。造次顛沛不遽色無疾言。夏不排窓。冬不附火。一室翛然凝塵滿案。嘗曰。衲子內無高明遠見。外乏嚴師良友。尠克有成器者。故當時執抝如孚鐵脚倔強。如秀圓通諸公。皆望風而偃。嗟乎二老。實千載衲子之龜鑒也（可菴記聞）。

Miaoxi said to Zishao: “Among those who directed the Dharma in recent times, none was like Zhenru Zhe; for ably assisting the monastic grove, none was like Yangqi. Commentators say: Ciming was straightforward and acted heedlessly, showing utterly no hesitation or taboo; Yangqi served him selflessly, fearing only that he would not be thorough and that affairs would not be accomplished. Though braving bitter cold and sweltering heat, he never showed impatience or laziness for his own sake. Beginning from Nanyuan and concluding at Xinghua, for nearly thirty years he took charge of the administrative regulations, ceasing only with the end of Ciming's life. As for Zhenru, from the time he first bound his bundle for pilgrimage until he responded to the world to lead disciples, he forgot himself for the sake of the Dharma, not unlike one starving and parched. In haste and turmoil he never showed agitated countenance nor rushed speech. In summer he did not prop open the window; in winter he did not approach the fire. His single room was serene and secluded, with dust gathering across the desk. He once said: ‘If monastics internally lack lofty clarity and farsighted vision, and externally lack strict teachers and good friends, few will ever become accomplished vessels.’ Therefore, at that time obstinate persons such as Fu of the Iron Feet and unyielding persons such as Xiu of Yuantong all yielded upon beholding his wind. Alas, these two elders are truly models for monastics across a thousand years!” (Ke'an jiwen).