佛祖統紀 53.114

53.114

宋太祖。勅韶州開視雲門塔。真身如生。迎赴闕供養○仁宗。眉山蘇洵。謁祖印訥禪師問法○大覺璉禪師乞歸老山中進頌（云云）○英宗。璉禪師乞歸育王山。建宸奎閣。奉先朝聖製。蘇軾作記○神宗。詔革廬山東林為禪席。命總禪師居之。應遠公七百年之讖○哲宗。韶陽南華重辯。請蘇軾書柳宗元六祖碑（云云）○四明大梅山英禪師稱。照律師分慈愍三藏集謗禪宗為異見著空。作解謗以詰之○徽宗。知和禪師至四明正言陳禾招居東湖二靈山。一虎為侍者（云云）。

Under Emperor Taizu of the Song: An imperial decree ordered Shaozhou to open and inspect the pagoda of Yunmen; his true body was as if alive, and it was welcomed to the court to receive offerings. ○ Under Emperor Renzong: Su Xun of Meishan visited Chan Master Zuyin Ne to inquire about the Dharma. ○ Chan Master Dajue Lian begged to retire in old age to the mountains and presented a hymn (and so forth). ○ Under Emperor Yingzong: Chan Master Lian begged to return to Mount Yuwang. He built the Chenkui Pavilion to venerate the imperial writings of the previous reign, and Su Shi composed an inscription for it. ○ Under Emperor Shenzong: An imperial decree converted Donglin on Mount Lu into a Chan seat and appointed Chan Master Zong to dwell there, fulfilling Master Huiyuan's prophecy of seven hundred years prior. ○ Under Emperor Zhezong: Chongbian of Nanhua in Shaoyang requested Su Shi to write Liu Zongyuan's stele for the Sixth Patriarch (and so forth). ○ Chan Master Ying of Mount Damei in Siming declared: Vinaya Master Zhao cited the collection of the Tripiṭaka Master Cimin to disparage the Chan school as holding heterodox views and clinging to emptiness; Ying composed *Jiebang* (Refuting the Slander) to interrogate him. ○ Under Emperor Huizong: Chan Master Zhihe arrived in Siming; Policy Reminder Chen He invited him to dwell on Mount Erling at Donghu, where a tiger served as his attendant (and so forth).