佛祖統紀 15.67

15.67

Dharma Master Zhongjiao was of the Zhang clan from Cixi in Siming. He was bestowed the title Fazhao. When his mother dreamed of the moon falling into her bosom, she gave birth to him. He received his training at Yongming. He first relied on Mingzhi of Nanhu, and soon after went to call upon Yuanjue at Tianzhu. Over time, he mastered the profound secrets of the Dharma. At the beginning of the Jingkang reign era, the seat at Nengren became vacant. The commandery prefect Liu Guang asked Zhiyong to recommend someone he knew, and the Master answered the call. As soon as his perfect voice sounded, students gathered from all four directions. Because gruel and cooked rice were insufficient, he reclaimed twenty *qing* of coastal fields, whereupon provisions for the kitchen became abundant. In the summer of the *yimou* year of the Shaoxing reign era, there was a drought. Because the dragon pool had previously received the precepts from Zhiyi, the prefect dispatched subordinates to invite the Master to visit the pool and administer the precepts. That very day, abundant rain fell. On account of old age, he retired to the Zangmi Hermitage. In the *yichou* year of the Shaoxing reign era, he bathed, changed into fresh robes, wrote a verse to bid farewell to the assembly, and passed away sitting upright facing west.