佛祖統紀 45.29

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八年。諫臣司馬光屢疏乞立儲嗣。上聞開寶寺言法華有異行夜焚香默祝。翌日請法華大士於化成殿齋。暨旦上道衣凝佇。俄內侍奏言。法華自右掖門趨入。將至寢殿。訶不能止。上笑曰。朕召之耳。至則徑升御榻趺坐受齋。上問儲嗣事。索紙連書十三十三字。後英宗繼統。乃濮王第十三子（濮王為仁宗兄）○知制誥曾公亮丁母夫人憂告歸。鄉僧元達附舟至錢唐。入天竺禮大士。入門見素衣女謂曰。曾舍人五十七。入中書上座。是年亦受師號。已而不見。至是年果拜相。而達以曾公恩補大師。公亮前身為青草堂。年九十餘。曾氏婦入寺設齋。以衣物施之。青感其意。及婦人生子青正坐化○參知政事歐陽修知楊州。廬山祖印訥禪師遣僧問訊。修與對食。偶曰。高麗遣使問。魏武注孫子三處要義無注說。廷中諸賢無敢答者。有詔問修。亦未知其答。僧曰。山中老師必知此義。修欣然飾郡庭儀從乘急傳往迓之。師謂使者曰。兵者機密之事不可以示人。使反命。即以其言應詔（東林錄）修後為注孫子作序。有云孫武以不窮為奇。其文略而意深。又為錢忠懿王贊曰。中有樗里不以示人。皆有得於祖印之意也。

In the eighth year, the Remonstrance Official Sima Guang repeatedly submitted memorials requesting the establishment of an heir apparent. The Emperor, hearing that [the monk] Fahua of Kaibao Monastery possessed extraordinary conduct, burned incense at night and prayed in silence. The next day, he invited the Great Being Fahua to a vegetarian feast at the Huacheng Hall. At dawn, the Emperor stood still in Taoist attire, waiting. Soon, an attendant from the inner palace memorialized, saying: "Fahua has hurried in through the Right Flank Gate and is approaching the bedchamber. Rebuking him could not stop him." The Emperor laughed and said: "It was I who summoned him." When he arrived, he went directly up to the imperial couch, sat cross-legged, and received the vegetarian feast. The Emperor asked about the heir apparent, and he requested paper and wrote the characters "thirteen thirteen" in succession. Later, Emperor Yingzong succeeded to the throne; he was indeed the thirteenth son of the Prince of Pu (the Prince of Pu was Emperor Renzong's elder brother). ○ Zeng Gongliang, Drafting Drafter, went into mourning for his mother and requested leave to return home. The local monk Yuanda took the same boat to Qiantang and entered Tianzhu [Monastery] to pay homage to the Great Being. Entering the gate, he saw a woman in plain white robes who said to him: "When Secretariat Drafter Zeng is fifty-seven, he will enter the Central Secretariat as Senior Grand Councilor. In that year, you will also receive a master's title." Presently, she was seen no more. When he reached that year, he was indeed appointed Prime Minister, and Yuanda was promoted to Great Master on account of Lord Zeng's favor. Gongliang's previous life had been Qing of Caotang. He was over ninety years old when a lady of the Zeng family came to the monastery to offer a vegetarian feast and gave him clothes and goods. Qing was touched by her intention. When the lady gave birth to a son, Qing passed away while sitting upright. ○ Ouyang Xiu, Participant in Determining Governmental Affairs, was appointed Prefect of Yangzhou. Chan Master Zuyin Ne of Mount Lu dispatched a monk to convey greetings. Xiu ate together with him, and chanced to say: "Goryeo sent an envoy to ask about three essential points in Cao Cao's commentary on *Sunzi* where there were no explanatory notes. None of the worthy scholars at court dared to answer. An edict questioned me, and I did not know the answer either." The monk said: "The venerable master in our mountains must certainly understand this meaning." Xiu was delighted, adorned the prefectural hall's retinue, and took the fast post-horses to welcome him. The master said to the envoy: "Military affairs are secret matters and must not be displayed to others." When the envoy returned to report, [Xiu] immediately answered the imperial edict with these words (*Donglin lu*). Xiu later wrote a preface to the commentary on *Sunzi*, which said: "Sun Wu took being inexhaustible as wondrous; his text is brief yet the meaning is deep." Moreover, in his eulogy for King Zhongyi of Qian, he wrote: "Inside was Chuli, not to be shown to others." These were all derived from Zuyin's insight.