[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 13.24 # 佛祖統紀 13.24 佛祖統紀 13.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [13.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.13.24) 法師處咸。天台王氏。母夢白雲自天西來入室內化為白馬。因而有娠。七歲入國清依師。十四受具戒。即自歎曰。佛法廣大。若不力學何能見道。乃入天封閱藏經三年而畢。及往謁神照。深悟教旨。恭默自遜人莫能測。神照嘗託疾命師代講。眾纔一聞心容俱服。初住赤城崇善。姑蘇李庭芝將守台。夢神人曰。公典天台。五祖臺下有龍頭九九。和上宜就見之。到郡諮詢莫知其說。閩士陳白悟曰。天台五祖昔居赤城。今咸師住此。生於丙辰九月九日。其龍頭九九之謂乎。庭芝大愕即往謁見。師為談出世道深有契會。以寺宇隘陋謀遷之。庭芝首捐金帛。乃卜就東南地。開基之日。獲銅磬於土中。少師李公尤尊敬。請主白蓮。奏賜法真之號。居山五十年。登門受道者萬數。元祐元年正月。法鼓擊之不鳴者七日。至七月告眾曰。二十三日吾將行矣。遜唱衣盂飯眾為別。戒侍者。晨鐘鳴當告我。至時徐起。趺坐寂然而化。著三慧論。光明十願王。續神照行法經疏。行於世。 > Dharma Master Chuxian belonged to the Wang clan of Tiantai. His mother dreamed of white clouds coming from the western sky into the room and transforming into a white horse, whereupon she became pregnant. At the age of seven, he entered Guoqing \[Monastery\] to rely on a master. At fourteen, he received the full precepts, and sighed, saying, 'The Buddha Dharma is vast and grand. If one does not study with vigor, how can one see the Way?' He then went to Tianfeng to read the Tripiṭaka, completing it in three years. When he visited Shenzhao, he deeply understood the doctrinal purport. Courteously silent and humble, none could fathom him. Shenzhao once claimed illness and commanded the master to lecture in his stead; as soon as the assembly heard him, they all submitted in mind and bearing. He first resided at Chongshan in Chicheng. Li Tingzhi of Gusu, who was about to govern Taizhou, dreamed of a divine being saying, 'When you oversee Tiantai, beneath the Terrace of the Fifth Patriarch there is a dragon-head nine-nine; you, Venerable, should visit him.' Arriving at the commandery, he inquired about it, but none knew the meaning. Chen Bai, a scholar from Min, understood and said, 'The Fifth Patriarch of Tiantai formerly resided at Chicheng. Now Master Xian resides there, and was born on the ninth day of the ninth month in the bingchen year. Does that not refer to the dragon-head nine-nine?' Tingzhi was astonished and immediately went to visit him. The master conversed with him on the supramundane Way, deeply striking a chord. Because the monastery halls were cramped and lowly, they planned to move it. Tingzhi was the first to donate gold and silk, and they divined a site in the southeast. On the day of breaking ground, a bronze chiming stone was discovered in the earth. Junior Preceptor Lord Li revered him especially, invited him to preside over Bailian, and petitioned to bestow upon him the title Fazhen ('Dharma Truth'). He resided on the mountain for fifty years, and those who came to his gate to receive the Way numbered in the tens of thousands. In the first month of the first year of Yuanyou, the Dharma drum did not sound when struck for seven days. In the seventh month, he informed the assembly, 'On the twenty-third day, I shall depart.' He humbly distributed his robes and bowls and treated the assembly to a meal as farewell. He admonished his attendant, 'When the morning bell rings, you must notify me.' When the time came, he slowly arose, sat cross-legged, and peacefully transformed. He composed the \*Sanhuilun\* (Treatise on the Threefold Wisdom), \*Guangming shiyuan wang\* (Ten Vow Kings of the Golden Light), and a sequel to Shenzhao's commentary on the ritual procedures, which circulated in the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.13.23) - [Next: 13.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.13.25) - [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.13.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.13.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.13.24) · Pramāṇa