佛祖統紀 41.59

41.59

賈島初為浮圖。名無本。來東都時禁僧午後不得出。島為詩自傷。韓愈因教其為文。遂去浮圖舉進士。有李洞者。慕島為詩。鑄像以事之。甞稱賈島佛。

Jia Dao was originally a Buddhist monk named Wuben. When he arrived at the Eastern Capital, monks were prohibited from going out after midday. Dao composed a poem lamenting his fate. Han Yu thereupon taught him to write prose; he subsequently left the Buddhist monkhood and passed the jinshi examination. There was a certain Li Dong who admired Dao's poetry; he cast an image [of him] to serve him, and once called him 'the Buddha Jia Dao.'