佛祖統紀 10.77

10.77

法師異聞。餘杭人。潛心天台之學。每謂但解未足以展志。故汲汲以修諸三昧為要務。及來參寶雲盡通其旨。至道三年。法智弘道於延慶。輔贊之功為多。以寺宇頹毀。乃同丹丘覺圓并力經理。不逾三載眾工畢就。法智立誠誓之石。示十方之規。必聯次師名。稱二師云。後同法智結十僧。行長懺三年。誓焚軀以報佛恩。時楊文公。屢貽書勸止。事竟不行。師居延慶四十年。凡法智所修三昧未嘗不預。

Dharma Master Yiwen was a native of Yuhang. He concentrated his mind on Tiantai learning, frequently saying that mere understanding was not enough to realize his aspirations, and therefore eagerly took the cultivation of the various samādhis as his primary task. When he came to study under Baoyun, he fully comprehended his essential teachings. In the third year of the Zhidao era, when Fazhi was propagating the Way at Yanqing, Yiwen's merits in assisting and supporting him were great. Because the monastery buildings were collapsed and ruined, he joined forces with Jueyuan of Danqiu to manage their restoration; in less than three years, all the work was completed. When Fazhi erected the stone of sincere vows to display the regulations for the ten directions, he always joined Master Yiwen's name next to his own, referring to them as 'the Two Masters'. Later, together with Fazhi, he formed an assembly of ten monks to practice a three-year prolonged repentance, vowing to burn their bodies to repay the Buddha's benevolence. At that time, Lord Yang Wen repeatedly sent letters urging them to desist, and in the end the matter was not carried out. The Master lived at Yanqing for forty years, and he never failed to take part in any samādhi cultivated by Fazhi.