佛祖統紀 46.33

46.33

二年。侍郎邊知白。自京師至臨川。觸暑成病。忽夢白衣天人以水灑之。頂踵清寒。覺而頓爽。於是集古今靈驗。作觀音感應集四卷行於世（刻板上竺）○嘉州奏。風雷折古樹。中有定僧爪𩬊被體。詔輿至禁中。譯經三藏金總持。令擊金磬以覺之（音教誤也）詢其名。曰我遠法師弟慧持也。因遊峨眉至此。問欲何歸。曰陳留古樹中。詔以禮送之。因圖形製讚云。七百年來老古錐。定中消息許誰知。爭如隻履西歸去。生死何勞木作皮（凡三偈今錄其一出普燈）。

In the second year, Vice Minister Bian Zhibai traveled from the capital to Linchuan and fell ill from the heat. He suddenly dreamed of a heavenly being in white robes sprinkling water over him, cooling him from crown to heel; on waking, he was instantly refreshed. Thereupon he collected ancient and modern miraculous resonances and compiled the *Collection of Avalokiteśvara's Resonant Responses* in four rolls, circulating it in the world (the printing blocks were carved at Upper Tianzhu). ○ Jiazhou memorialized: wind and thunder snapped an ancient tree, within which was a monk in samādhi, his nails and hair covering his body. An imperial decree had him carried to the palace. The translation Tripiṭaka Master Jin Zongchi had a gold chiming bell struck to awaken him. When asked his name, he said, 'I am Huichi, the younger brother of Dharma Master Yuan. Because of wandering to Mount Emei, I arrived here.' Asked where he wished to return, he said, 'Inside the ancient tree of Chenliu.' An imperial decree sent him off with ritual. Thereupon a portrait was drawn and a panegyric composed: / 'An old awl for seven hundred years, / Who can fathom the tidings within his samādhi? / How can it compare to returning west with a single shoe? / Why bother using wood as bark in life and death?' / (There were three gāthās in all; one is recorded here, drawn from the *Universal Lamp*.)