佛祖統紀 47.9

47.9

四年正月。甲辰（旦日）上次崎頭入白峯菴。僧歲朝禮懺。上前立其旁。聞保國安民之辭喜甚。為徘徊茗飲而行（今御座。特旨免稅石刻在菴中）丙午（三日）次台州章安鎮。入金鼇山寺。有老僧禱佛前。皆憂時保國之語。上問何典。答曰。護國金光明懺。上因宿於寺。後駐蹕臨安。歲賜輦下諸寺金帛修舉此法。初上在京邸。有異人授一詩云。牝蠣灘頭一艇橫。夕陽多處待潮生。共君不負登臨約。同向金鼇背上行。及幸海登金鼇坐榻上。見壁間題此詩。始悟異人示先讖也○庚戌（七日）虜陷明州。其酋奄至南湖寺。眾先已奔散。獨介然不肯去。酋訶之曰。不畏死耶。然曰。貧道一生以願力建此十六觀堂。今老矣。不忍捨去以求生也。酋義之曰。師幸為我歸北朝。建觀堂一如此規制。遂虜以行。虜兵至湖心。逼律主元肇行。師忻然無難色。至京口謂左右曰。吾將西歸。即聞笙歌之音。一時軍民咸見師念佛西望而化（師即參政陸佃之孫）○初宏智禪師正覺。主天童開拓眾宇。聚眾至千二百人。虜之入境也眾將散。師止之曰。虜不至此無用避。及虜登塔嶺。見神兵滿山谷。大懼而退○育王山月堂禪師道昌。聞虜且至。就山後掘一窖。捧釋迦舍利塔坐其中。以陶器覆於上。虜酋至不得塔。大怒將火其屋。忽壁間觀音畫像放光出水滿地。輪藏自轉。酋大怖畏拜禱而去。越七日開窖取塔。水至頸不沒○丙寅（二十三日）上次溫州館頭（留十日）○二月乙亥（三日）上次江心寺。有旨以林靈素故居為資福教院。丞相呂頤浩。舉圓辨法師道琛主之○丙子（四日）虜兵退。初杭人以時方兵旱。迎上竺大工於郡中法慧寺。侍香火者道元慮至求索。舉藏於井。取他像置行殿。虜還自四明再犯杭州。果詰問大士所在。徑取之去。并軀道元行。元默哀禱。夜至許村若有人導之者。遂得逸歸告於郡。時虜焚其城不知井所在。忽聞金石聲。就求之。獲井出像○三月己未（十七日）上發江心（主上留寺中半月。趙汝四詩云。思陵半月都。世人以為實錄）詔法道法師隨駕陪議軍國事。上欲加以冠冕。師力辭。詔加圓通法濟大師○四月上駐蹕於會稽天旱。詔道法師禱於圓通（寺在城內）即日雨至。上大說○七月道君二帝自韓州遷於五國城（續稽古錄）。

In the first month of the fourth year, on the day jiachan (the first day of the year), the Emperor stopped at Qitou and entered Baifeng Hermitage. The monks were performing the New Year repentance; the Emperor stepped forward and stood beside them, and hearing words praying for the protection of the state and the peace of the people, he was greatly pleased. He lingered there, drank tea, and then departed. (The imperial throne and the stone inscription granting an exemption from taxes by special decree are now in the hermitage.) On bingwu (the third day), he halted at Zhang'an Town in Taizhou and entered the temple on Mount Jin'ao. An old monk was praying before the Buddha, his words entirely concerned with grieving for the times and protecting the state. The Emperor asked what text it was; he replied: 'The Golden Light Repentance for the Protection of the State.' The Emperor thereupon lodged at the temple. Later, when he established the court at Lin'an, he granted gold and silk annually to all the temples in the capital to perform this rite. Earlier, while the Emperor was at his residence in the capital, an extraordinary man gave him a poem that read: 'A skiff lies moored at Oyster Shoal, / Where the sunset lingers, awaiting the tide to swell. / Let us not fail our pact to climb on high, / Journeying together atop the back of the golden turtle.' When he journeyed over the sea and ascended Mount Jin'ao, he sat upon a couch and saw this poem inscribed upon the wall, only then realizing that the extraordinary man had presented a prophetic omen. On gengxu (the seventh day), the barbarians sacked Mingzhou. Their chieftain suddenly arrived at Nanhu Monastery; the crowd had already scattered, and only Jieran refused to leave. The chieftain rebuked him: 'Are you not afraid to die?' Ran said: 'In my life, I built this Sixteen Contemplations Hall through the power of my vows. Now I am old, and I cannot bear to abandon it merely to seek life.' The chieftain admired his righteousness and said: 'If the Master would kindly return north with me, you may build a contemplation hall of this exact design.' Thereupon they took him captive and marched off. When the barbarian troops reached Huxin, they forced the Vinaya Master Yuanzhao to go; the master was joyful without reluctance. Reaching Jingkou, he said to those around him: 'I am about to return to the west.' Instantly the music of pipes and songs was heard; at that moment, soldiers and civilians alike saw the master chant the Buddha's name, face west, and pass away. (The master was a grandson of Vice Director of the Right Lu Dian.) Previously, when Chan Master Zhengjue, known as Hongzhi, presided over Tiantong, he expanded the halls and gathered a community of up to one thousand two hundred people. When the barbarians entered the territory, the assembly was about to disperse; the master stopped them, saying: 'The barbarians will not reach here; there is no need to flee.' When the barbarians climbed Pagoda Ridge, they saw divine soldiers filling the valleys and retreated in great fear. When Chan Master Daochang, known as Yuetang, of Mount Yuwang heard that the barbarians were arriving, he dug a pit behind the mountain, took the relic pagoda of Śākyamuni, sat within it, and covered it above with pottery. When the barbarian chieftain arrived and could not find the pagoda, he was enraged and set out to burn down the buildings. Suddenly, a painted image of Guanyin on the wall emitted light, and water flooded the ground, while the revolving library rotated of its own accord. Overcome with dread, the chieftain bowed, prayed, and departed. After seven days, they opened the pit to retrieve the pagoda; the water reached his neck without drowning him. On bingyin (the twenty-third day), the Emperor halted at Guantou in Wenzhou (remaining for ten days). In the second month, on yihai (the third day), the Emperor halted at Jiangxin Temple. An imperial decree designated the former residence of Lin Lingsu as the Zifu Teaching Cloister; Grand Councillor Lü Yihao recommended Dharma Master Daochen, known as Yuanbian, to preside over it. On bingzi (the fourth day), the barbarian troops withdrew. Earlier, because Hangzhou was afflicted by war and drought, the people had welcomed the great statue from Upper Tianzhu into the Fahui Temple in the prefecture. The incense-attendant Daoyuan, worried that it would be sought when the troops arrived, hid it in a well and placed another image in the temporary palace. When the barbarians returned from Siming and assaulted Hangzhou once more, they indeed demanded the location of the Great Being, seized it directly, and drove Daoyuan along with them. Daoyuan prayed silently in sorrow; reaching Xu Village by night, as if someone were guiding him, he managed to escape and return to report to the prefecture. At that time, the barbarians burned the city, and people did not know where the well was. Suddenly, hearing the sound of metal and stone, they sought it out and retrieved the statue from the well. In the third month, on jiwei (the seventeenth day), the Emperor departed from Jiangxin. (The sovereign remained in the temple for half a month. Zhao Rusi's poem says: 'The Yongsi Tomb monarch stayed half a month at the capital,' which people considered an authentic record.) He decreed that Dharma Master Fadao accompany the retinue to discuss affairs of state and military matters. The Emperor wished to bestow an official cap upon him, but the master firmly declined; an imperial decree bestowed upon him the title Great Master of Perfect Penetration and Dharma Relief. In the fourth month, the Emperor halted his cortege at Huiji. During a drought, he ordered Dharma Master Dao to pray at Yuantong (the temple was inside the city walls); on that very day, rain arrived, and the Emperor was greatly delighted. In the seventh month, the two Daoist Sovereigns were moved from Hanzhou to Wuguocheng (Continued Records of Ancient Inquiries).