佛祖統紀 49.18

49.18

無姓和尚既居是山。曰凡吾之求非在外也。吾不動矣。弘農楊公炎自道州以宰相徵過焉。以為宜居京師強以行。不可。將以聞曰。願閒歲乃往。明年楊去相位竄謫南海上。終如其志。趙郡李萼辨博人也。為岳州盛氣欲屈其道。聞一言服為弟子。河東裴藏之舉族受教。京兆尹弘農楊公某。以其隱地為道場奉。和州刺史張惟儉。買西峯廣其居。凡以貨利委堂下者不可選紀。受之亦無言。將終命其大弟子懷遠。授以道妙。終不告其姓。或曰。周人也。信州刺史李某為之傳。長沙謝楚為行狀。博陵崔行儉為性守一篇。凡以文辭道和尚功德者。不可悉數。弘農公自餘杭命以行狀來。懷遠師自長沙以傳來。使余為碑。既書其辭。故又假其陰以記。

After the Nameless Achārya resided on this mountain, he said: 'Everything I seek is not outside. I will not move.' Lord Yang Yan of Hongnong, having been summoned from Daozhou as prime minister, passed by him; thinking that he should live in the capital, he urged him to go by force, but could not. He was about to submit a memorial about him, but [the Achārya] said: 'I wish to go after an interval of a year.' The next year, Yang was dismissed from his post as prime minister and banished to the South Sea, and in the end [the Achārya's] intention was fulfilled. Li E of Zhaojun was a man of eloquence and breadth; when he served in Yuezhou, full of pride, he wished to humble his Way, but upon hearing a single word he submitted and became his disciple. Pei Zangzhi of Hedong brought his entire clan to receive his teaching. The Mayor of the Capital, Lord Yang of Hongnong, offered his secluded land as a bodhimaṇḍa. Zhang Weijian, Prefect of Hezhou, purchased the western peak to expand his dwelling. Those who left goods and wealth beneath his hall could not be counted; when receiving them, he also said nothing. When he was about to pass away, he instructed his senior disciple Huaiyuan, conferring on him the marvelous secrets of the Way, but in the end did not disclose his surname. Some say he was a man of Zhou. Prefect Li of Xinzhou wrote a biography for him, Xie Chu of Changsha composed an account of his conduct, and Cui Xingjian of Boling composed an essay titled 'Guarding the Nature'. Those who used literary compositions to speak of the Achārya's merits and virtues cannot be enumerated. The Lord of Hongnong sent the account of conduct from Yuhang, and Master Huaiyuan brought the biography from Changsha, requesting me to compose the stele. Having already written its text, I have also made use of its reverse side to record this.