佛祖統紀 43.68

43.68

○詔華州處士陳摶入見。不就。再遣中謁者（漢世稱內使為中謁者）。賜以詩曰。曾向前朝出白雲。後來消息杳無聞。如今若解隨徵召。盡把三峯乞與君。摶不得已詣闕。冠華陽巾羽服草屩以賓禮見（草曰屩。音□。木曰屐。皮曰履。麻曰鞋。有藉曰屧。悉叶反）。賜號希夷先生。令見壽王（真宗初封）及門而反曰。王門廝後皆將相之具。何必見王。由是上屬意真宗。宰相宋琪從容問曰。先生得玄默之道。可以化人乎。摶曰。山林之人無道可傳。聖上天日之表正君臣合德圖治之時也。

○ An imperial decree summoned the recluse Chen Tuan of Huazhou for an audience, but he would not come. The Emperor again sent a palace attendant (in the Han period, inner envoys were called palace attendants) and bestowed on him a poem, saying: 'Once you went forth before the white clouds of the previous dynasty; / Thereafter, your news was completely lost to hearing. / If now you can understand to follow the imperial summons, / I shall grant you all of the Three Peaks.' Tuan had no choice but to go to the court. Wearing a Huayang cap, feather garments, and grass sandals, he was received with the etiquette accorded a guest (straw sandals are called jue, pronounced jue; wooden ones are called ji; leather ones are called lü; hemp ones are called xie; those with inner linings are called xie, pronounced xie). He was granted the title Master Xiyi ('Master of the Inaudible and Invisible'). He was ordered to visit the Prince of Shou (the first title of Zhenzong). Arriving at the gate, he turned back, saying, 'Even the servants and attendants at the prince's gate have the capacities of generals and chancellors; what need is there to see the prince?' Because of this, the Emperor set his mind upon Zhenzong. Chancellor Song Qi casually asked, 'Master, you have attained the Dao of profound stillness; can it be used to transform people?' Tuan said, 'A person of the mountains and forests has no Dao to transmit. The Sage Emperor has the countenance of the celestial sun; now is precisely the time for sovereign and ministers to unite their virtue to plan good governance.'