勅修百丈清規 8.61

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天曆至順間文宗皇帝建大龍翔集慶寺於金陵。寺成以十方僧居之。有旨行百丈清規。元統三年乙亥秋七月。今上皇帝申前朝之命。若曰。近年叢林清規往往增損不一。於是特勅百丈山大智壽聖禪寺住持德煇重輯。其為書仍勅大龍翔集慶寺住持大訢。選有學業沙門。共校正之。期於歸一使遵行為常法。德煇等奉命唯謹。書將成。屬玄為敘。玄嘗聞諸師曰。天地間無一事無禮樂。安其所居之位為禮。樂其日用之常為樂。程明道先生一日過定寺。偶見齋堂儀。喟然嘆曰。三代禮樂盡在是矣。豈非清規綱紀之力乎。曰服行之熟故能然乎。循其當然之則。而自然之妙行乎其中斯則不知者以為事理之障。而知之者則以為安樂法門固在是也。然使是書龐然雜而不倫。則有序而和之意。久而微矣。故校讐之功有益於是書甚大。而兩朝嘉惠學人之旨。相為無窮焉。宋清規行。楊文公億為敘本末。條目具詳。茲不重出云。至元二年丙子春三月上澣。翰林直學士中大夫知制誥同脩國史國子祭酒廬陵歐陽玄敘。

During the Tianli and Zhishun eras, Emperor Wenzong founded the Dalongxiang Jiqing Monastery in Jinling. When the monastery was completed, monks from the ten directions were summoned to reside there, and an imperial decree was issued to practice the Baizhang pure rules. In the seventh month of the autumn of the yihai year, the third year of Yuantong, the reigning Emperor renewed the mandate of the previous reign, stating: 'In recent years, the pure rules of the monastic groves have often seen inconsistent additions and deletions.' Thereupon, an imperial order was specially issued to Dehui, Abbot of the Dazhi Shousheng Chan Monastery on Mount Baizhang, to recompile them. As for the book, it was further decreed that Daxin, Abbot of the Dalongxiang Jiqing Monastery, should select śramaṇas of learning to collate and correct it together, aiming at harmonization so that it would be followed as a perpetual model. Dehui and the others received the mandate with utmost diligence. As the book was near completion, they entrusted me, Xuan, to write the preface. I, Xuan, once heard the masters say: 'Between heaven and earth, there is no single matter without rites and music. To be at peace in the position one occupies is rites; to take joy in the normalcy of daily life is music.' One day, Master Cheng Mingdao passed by Ding Monastery and happened to see the dining hall etiquette; sighing deeply, he remarked: 'The rites and music of the Three Dynasties are entirely preserved here!' Is this not due to the power of the pure rules' fundamental discipline? Could it be achieved without long habituation in practicing them? By following their necessary norms, the wondrous natural functioning operates within them; those who do not understand think this is an obstacle of matter and principle, but those who understand know that the dharma gate of peace and joy truly resides here. However, if this book were haphazard, disorderly, and lacking coherence, the intent of orderly harmony would fade over time. Therefore, the work of collation and correction has been of immense benefit to this book, and the purpose of the two courts in bestowing favor upon students will endure endlessly. When the Song Pure Rules circulated, Lord Yang Yi, Duke Wen, wrote a preface detailing its origins and particulars, with every item fully set forth; these are not repeated here. Preface by Ouyang Xuan of Luling, Direct Academician of the Hanlin Academy, Grand Master of the Fourth Class, Drafter of Patents, Associate Compiler of the National History, and Chancellor of the National University, in the first third of the third month of the spring of the bingzi year, the second year of Zhiyuan.