佛祖統紀 39.22

39.22

十七年。翻經學士費長房。進開皇三寶錄十五卷。長房先為沙門。周武沙汰反俗。隋興入預譯經○十月晉王遣使迎智者。師至石城。乃稱有疾。謂門人智越曰。大王欲使吾來。吾不負言。吾知命在此。故不須進。乃右脇西向專念彌陀。至十一月二十四日為眾說法即入三昧。門人奉靈龕歸佛隴。藏之西南峯。

In the seventeenth year, Fei Changfang, scholar of the translation bureau, presented the Record of the Three Jewels of the Kaihuang Era in fifteen fascicles. Changfang had formerly been a monk; when Emperor Wu of the Zhou purged the sangha, he returned to lay life. When the Sui arose, he entered to assist in the translation of scriptures. / In the tenth month, the Prince of Jin sent an emissary to welcome the Great Teacher Zhiyi. Arriving at Shicheng, the master claimed he was ill, saying to his disciple Zhiyue: 'The Great Prince wished me to come, and I did not break my word. I know my life ends here, so there is no need to proceed.' Thereupon, lying on his right side facing west, he devoted his mindfulness to Amitābha. On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, having preached the Dharma to the assembly, he entered samādhi. His disciples escorted his sacred coffin back to Folong and entombed it on the southwest peak.