佛祖統紀 47.47

47.47

九年正月。召上竺訥法師。獨對選德殿賜座。問大士歷代靈跡及法華經旨（登對錄）○魏公史浩佚老於四明。自號真隱居士。每從南湖智連法師問法要（號覺雲法師）嘗曰。師於禪律亦貫通耶。師曰。氷泮雪消固一水耳。又問。華嚴般若何太支離。師曰。支離所以為簡易。公倏然有省。及帥閩歸里。乃於東湖創月波山。放補陀巖。結洞室以安大士。奉德壽殿。書潮音洞以為額。首延覺雲高弟則約法師。專講智者教（號元菴賜智海大師）初是公攝昌國鹽監。偕鄱陽程休甫汎海謁補陀山。忽一僧指巖頂。有竇可以下瞰。方瞻佇間公與眾見大士金色身相。而公復見雙齒出脣際如珂玉。喜尉作禮而退。暨歸寺日已暮。一長身僧來訪。語公歷官至太師。且云。公是善終文潞公也。他日入相。主上欲用兵。須力諫之。後二十年當與公會於越。語畢遂去。乾道初以故相鎮越。有道人自稱養素先生與公有舊。亟命延之。索紙大書曰。黑頭潞相重增萬里風光。碧眼胡僧曾共一宵情話。擲筆竟出。公大驚。因追思補陀事。知長身僧及道人皆大士示現相。距正二十年云（夷堅志。補陀璧記○今月波行堂有太師所見補陀現相一軸）。

In the ninth year, in the first month, Master Ne of Upper Tianzhu was summoned for a private audience in the Xuande Hall, where he was granted a seat. The Emperor asked about the efficacious traces of the Great Being through successive generations and the essential purport of the Lotus Sūtra. (Dengdui lu.) Duke of Wei Shi Hao retired in Siming, styling himself the Upāsaka Zhenyin. He frequently inquired about the Dharma essentials from Master Zhilian of Nanhu (styled Master Jueyun). He once said, "Master, do you also penetrate Chan and the Vinaya?" The Master said, "When ice melts and snow dissolves, it is indeed only one water." He also asked, "Why are the Avataṃsaka and Prajñā so overly diffuse?" The Master said, "Being diffuse is precisely why they are concise and easy." The Duke suddenly had an awakening. When he returned home after governing Fujian, he established Mount Yuebo at the Eastern Lake, imitating the Potalaka cliff, and built a cavern hall to enshrine the Great Being. He respectfully received an inscription from the Deshou Palace, which wrote "Tide Sound Cave" as the hall's plaque. First, he invited Master Zeyue, a senior disciple of Jueyun, to lecture exclusively on the teachings of Zhiyi (styled Yuan'an, bestowed the title Great Master Zhihai). Earlier, when the Duke was serving as the Salt Supervisor of Changguo, he sailed across the sea with Cheng Xiufu of Poyang to pay homage at Mount Potalaka. Suddenly, a monk pointed to the cliff top, where there was a cavity through which one could look down. While gazing and waiting, the Duke and the assembly saw the golden bodily form of the Great Being, and the Duke further saw two teeth emerging past the lips, resembling beryl. Full of joy and comfort, he made prostrations and withdrew. When they returned to the monastery, the sun had already set. A tall monk came to visit and told the Duke that his official career would reach Grand Preceptor, and said, "You are Duke Wen of Lu who died a natural death. In the future, when you become prime minister and the sovereign wishes to use military force, you must strongly admonish him. Twenty years later, I shall meet you in Yue." Having spoken, he departed. Early in the Qiandao reign, Duke Shi governed Yue as a former prime minister. A Daoist calling himself Master Yangsu, who had an old acquaintance with the Duke, arrived, and the Duke promptly ordered him invited in. Demanding paper, he wrote in large characters: "The black-haired Chancellor of Lu once again adds ten thousand miles of scenic splendor; the blue-eyed foreign monk once shared an evening's intimate words." Tossing down the brush, he walked straight out. The Duke was greatly startled; recalling the events at Potalaka, he realized that the tall monk and the Daoist were both manifestations of the Great Being, separated by exactly twenty years. (Yijian zhi, Putuo bi ji. Today, in the hall of Yuebo, there is a scroll depicting the manifestation at Potalaka seen by the Grand Preceptor.)