佛祖統紀 7.7

7.7

七祖天宮尊者慧威。姓劉氏。婺州東陽人。總角之歲深厭勞生。遂入空門祝髮受具。聞法華大弘天台之道。即往受業刻志禪法。晝夜惟勤三觀法門。頓獲開悟。時人見其深入威師之室。遂以小威師稱之。後歸止東陽。深居山谷罕交人事。自法華入滅之後。登門求道者不知其數。傳法之的唯左溪耳。師於高宗朝。與法華同封朝散大夫四大師。吳越王。請諡全真尊者。

The Seventh Patriarch, the Venerable Tiangong, Huiwei, had the family name Liu and was a native of Dongyang in Wuzhou. At the age of wearing his hair in tufts, he deeply abhorred this wearying life, and thereupon entered the empty gate, shaving his hair and receiving the full precepts. Hearing that Fahua was greatly propagating the Way of Tiantai, he went there to receive instruction, intently dedicating himself to the methods of meditation. Striving day and night solely in the Dharma gate of the threefold contemplation, he suddenly attained awakening. People of the time saw that he had deeply entered Master Wei's inner chamber, and thereupon called him 'Lesser Master Wei'. Later he returned to dwell in Dongyang, living deep in the valleys and rarely mingling in human affairs. After Fahua entered extinction, those who came to his gate to seek the Way were beyond count. The only one to whom he specifically transmitted the Dharma was Zuoxi. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, the Master, together with Fahua, was enfeoffed as Grand Master of Closing Court and Great Master of the Four. The King of Wuyue requested the posthumous title 'Venerable Quanzhen'.