佛祖統紀 1.6

1.6

The *Fozu tongji* by Dharma Master Zhipan arranges in sequence the origins, divisions, and branches transmitted and received from the patriarchs above, like one flower with five petals, the transmission of the robe and the conferral of predictions being distinct and clear. These are naturally the kinsmen of the single house of Tiantai. He further expands upon it with illustrations of the worlds of the Flower Store, the heavenly palaces, and the hells, as well as the monks and nuns of the Lotus Society who attained rebirth, and he has especially devoted sincere and threefold attention to the prosperity and decline of the Dharma's fortune. His exertion of mind was truly diligent! His intention was purely to have the flame continue though the firewood is consumed, lamp transmitting to lamp in succession. Recently, the Chan school has flourished while lectures and vinaya have fallen into neglect, not understanding that they are like the two wheels of a cart or the two wings of a bird. If those who succeed to the lineage hereafter would truly, like Tiantai, deeply enter the Lotus Samādhi and personally behold the assembly on Vulture Peak still solemnly convened and not yet dispersed, then the stick-and-shout wild Chan would all turn and flee! This is the intention behind Yizhong's carving of the *Tongji*.