佛祖統紀 9.59

9.59

毛喜。字伯父。陽武人。少好學善草隷。陳宣帝時。為五兵尚書。瓦官法會獲預聽眾。懇求禪要。躬執弟子禮。受六妙門及四十二字法門。旦夜研習不因事廢。大師在石像。欲往天台營道場。喜致書勸回。謂鍾嶺攝山亦足棲心。而大師志願有素不復可挽。

Mao Xi, courtesy name Bofu, was a native of Yangwu. In his youth, he loved study and was skilled in cursive and clerical scripts. In the time of Emperor Xuan of the Chen, he served as Minister of the Five Armies. At the Waguan Dharma assembly, he was able to join the audience; he earnestly sought the essentials of meditation and personally observed the etiquette of a disciple, receiving the Six Wondrous Gates and the Dharma Gate of the Forty-Two Letters. He investigated and practiced them day and night without neglecting them on account of worldly affairs. When the Great Master was at the Stone Image and wished to go to Tiantai to establish a bodhimaṇḍa, Xi sent a letter urging him to return, saying that Mount Zhong and Mount She were also sufficient to settle his mind; but the Great Master's long-cherished aspiration could no longer be swayed.