佛祖統紀 12.11

12.11

法師則全。字叔平。四明施氏。依報國出家。即造法智學教觀。時南湖競推十大弟子。師為之冠焉。旁通書史尤善著述。性直氣剛敢言人失。人以是畏之。住三學三十年。郡守郎簡尤加敬。嘗謂人曰。叔平才氣凜然。若以儒冠職諫諍。豈下漢汲黯唐魏徵我朝王元之耶。慶歷五年夏。別眾坐亡。弟子若水。立碣於延慶。師所述四明實錄。人謂。蔡邕作郭有道碑也（後漢郭林宗。舉有道。不應既卒。蔡邕為碑文謂盧植曰。吾為碑多矣。皆有慚德。唯郭有道。無愧色耳）。

Dharma Master Zequan, styled Shuping, belonged to the Shi clan of Siming. He left home relying on Baoguo and immediately went to Fazhi to study doctrine and contemplation. At that time, the Nanhu [assembly] vied to promote the ten great disciples, and the Master was the foremost among them. He was broadly versed in literature and history and especially skilled in writing. Being upright in nature and unyielding in character, he dared to point out others' faults, for which people feared him. He resided at Sanxue for thirty years. The commandery governor Lang Jian respected him all the more, once saying to others: 'Shuping's talent and spirit are inspiringly stern; if he wore the scholar's cap and served as a remonstrator, how would he be inferior to Ji An of the Han, Wei Zheng of the Tang, or Wang Yuanzhi of our own dynasty?' In the summer of the fifth year of Qingli, he took leave of the assembly and died in a seated posture. His disciple Ruoshui erected a stele at Yanqing. People said that the Siming shilu authored by the Master was comparable to Cai Yong composing the stele for Guo Youdao. (In the Later Han, Guo Linzong was recommended for the 'Youdao' [Way-possessing] examination but did not accept. After he died, Cai Yong wrote his stele inscription and said to Lu Zhi: 'I have written many steles, and all had shameful exaggerations; only for Guo Youdao did I feel no blush.')