佛祖統紀 10.56

10.56

法師咸潤字巨源。越上虞鄭氏。七歲事等慈子明。進受具戒精究毘尼。因入天台讀智者三觀文有所省。遂詣錢唐開化昭師學。博通法華淨名涅槃楞嚴之旨。昭師敬其夙成俾之分座。及昭師赴梵天。復令自代。景德四年。上虞宰裴煥。與里中緇素。迎還等慈宣演大教。天喜初。徙講郡之隆教。述籤疑以三種消伏。俱約圓論。為淨覺所破。昭師示寂。復授以罏拂。嗣居梵天。講演無虛日。天聖三年。徙居會稽永福。聚徒五百。日遣眾行化以供二時。嘗造普賢像率眾行道。大士放光證明。時人尊之。曰懺主。謂可亞慈雲也。門人述其德曰。師踞猊床揮麈柄。時漸三紀。五舍百講。業成名立無愧古人。乃請李淑。撰傳教弟子題名記。善朋為之首云。

Dharma Master Xianrun, styled Juyuan, was from the Zheng family of Shangyu in Yue. At seven, he served Ziming of Dengci. Progressing to receive the full precepts, he investigated the vinaya with precision. Subsequently entering Tiantai, he had an awakening upon reading Zhiyi's writings on the Threefold Contemplation. He then went to Kaihua in Qiantang to study under Master Zhao. He attained wide penetration into the tenets of the *Lotus*, the *Vimalakīrti*, the *Nirvāṇa*, and the *Śūraṅgama*. Master Zhao respected his precocious accomplishment and had him share the lecture seat. When Master Zhao went to Fantian, he again appointed him to act as his proxy. In the fourth year of the Jingde era [1007 CE], the magistrate of Shangyu, Pei Huan, together with the clergy and laity of the local district, welcomed him back to Dengci to expound the Great Teaching. In the beginning of the Tianxi era, he moved to lecture at Longjiao in the prefecture. He composed the *Resolving Doubts on the Sub-commentary*, interpreting the threefold vanquishing entirely according to the Perfect Teaching, which was refuted by Jingjue. When Master Zhao manifested entering quiescence, he again bestowed upon him the incense burner and fly-whisk, and Xianrun succeeded him to reside at Fantian, lecturing every single day without fail. In the third year of the Tiansheng era [1025 CE], he moved to dwell at Yongfu in Kuaiji, gathering five hundred disciples; every day he dispatched the assembly to practice begging to provide for the two daily meals. He once made an image of Samantabhadra and led the assembly in practicing the Way, whereupon the Great Being emitted light as verification. People of the time revered him, calling him the Repentance Master, deeming him second only to Ciyun. A disciple recounted his virtues, saying: "The Master sat upon the lion's seat and waved the chowrie for nearly three cycles of twelve years; he gave a hundred lecture series across five monasteries, his achievements fulfilled and his reputation established, without shame before the ancients." They then requested Li Shu to compose the *Record of the Inscriptions of the Names of the Dharma-Transmitting Disciples*, with Shanpeng heading the list.