佛祖統紀 22.24

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法師元頴。吳興人。政和二年。於郡城開元建智者院。日居慈霔閣。秉筆著書。自正像統紀終教藏目錄凡百卷。名天台宗元錄。序次古今諸師行事。為山家之盛典云。又述法華靈瑞集為十科。始於普賢證明終至香光表相。郡補為都師。有招權者。誣以事民。其衣聞者流涕。而師不為慍。幅巾布褐。遨遊人間。隨時升沈。晚在鹽橋菴廬誦經課佛。一夕面西危坐。欣然神化。焚龕之日舍利布地。

Dharma Master Yuanying was a native of Wuxing. In the second year of Zhenghe, he established the Zhizhe Cloister at Kaiyuan [Monastery] in the commandery seat. Daily he stayed in the Ciyu Pavilion, holding a brush to compose books. From the Comprehensive Record of the True and Semblance [Dharma] to the Catalogue of the Doctrinal Canon, it totaled one hundred fascicles, entitled the Record of the Origins of the Tiantai School. It arranged in sequence the deeds of the various past and present masters, and was called a grand scripture of the Mountain School. He also compiled the Collection of Miraculous and Auspicious Signs of the Lotus into ten sections, beginning with Samantabhadra's verification and ending with incense and light manifesting signs. The commandery appointed him as chief instructor. A powerful person falsely accused him of secular matters. His robes [were removed, and] those who heard of it wept; yet the Master showed no resentment. In a cloth headscarf and hemp robes, he wandered freely among people, rising and falling with the times. In his late years, he recited sūtras and performed Buddha-mindfulness in a cottage at Yanhai. One evening, sitting upright facing west, he joyfully transformed in spirit. On the day his coffin was cremated, relics were scattered upon the ground.