佛祖統紀 26.14

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法師省常字造微。姓顏氏。錢塘人。七歲厭俗。十七具戒。宋淳化中住南昭。慶慕廬山之風。謀結蓮社。以西湖天下之勝遊。乃樂嘉遯。無量壽佛往生之仰止。乃刻其像。華嚴淨行品成聖之宗要。乃刺血而書之。於是易蓮社為淨行之名。士夫預會者皆稱淨行社弟子。而王文正公且為之社首。一時公卿伯牧。三十餘年預此社者。至一百二十三人。其化成也若此。比丘同志。復千大眾。有以見西湖之擬於廬山者無慚德矣（孤山作白蓮社主碑以紀盛績。翰林承旨宋白撰蓮社銘。漕使孫何為之記）天禧四年正月十二日端坐念佛。有頃厲聲唱云佛來也。泊然而化。眾見地色皆金。移時方沒。壽六十二。弟子奉全身塔於鳥窠禪師之墳側。

Dharma Master Xingchang, courtesy name Zaowei, was of the Yan clan and a native of Qiantang. At the age of seven, he grew weary of the worldly life; at seventeen, he received full ordination. During the Chunhua era of the Song, he resided at Nanzhao. Admiring the spirit of Mount Lu, he planned to establish a Lotus Society. Because the West Lake was the foremost scenic place under Heaven, he delighted in fine reclusion. Because the Buddha of Immeasurable Life is the object of reverence for rebirth, he carved his image. Because the 'Chapter on Pure Conduct' of the Avataṃsaka Sūtra is the essential principle for attaining sagehood, he pricked his blood to write it out. Thereupon, he changed the name of the Lotus Society to the 'Pure Conduct Society'. The scholar-officials who joined the assembly all called themselves 'Disciples of the Pure Conduct Society', and Lord Wang Wenzheng served as the head of the society. For more than thirty years, the dukes, ministers, grandees, and governors of the time who joined this society numbered one hundred and twenty-three; such was his transforming influence. The monk comrades further numbered a great assembly of a thousand; from this one can see that West Lake's comparison to Mount Lu had nothing to be ashamed of. (Gushan composed the stele for the leader of the White Lotus Society to record this glorious achievement; Song Bai, Hanlin Academician Recipient of Edicts, composed the inscription for the Lotus Society; and the transport commissioner Sun He wrote a record for it.) On the twelfth day of the first month of the fourth year of the Tianxi era, he sat upright and recited the Buddha's name. After a short while, he called out in a loud voice, saying, 'The Buddha has arrived!' He then serenely transformed. The assembly saw the ground turn completely golden, which faded only after some time. His lifespan was sixty-two. His disciples enshrined his whole body in a stūpa beside the tomb of Chan Master Niaoke.