佛祖統紀 21.4

21.4

The composition of the Miscellaneous Biographies is intended to record those among the various masters who were not unadulterated and orthodox. Thus Jìngjué is recorded for turning his back on the lineage; Shénzhì is recorded for attacking the Patriarch; and Cǎo'ān is recorded for losing the transmission. Some may say: 'In the time of Fazhi, there were those who maintained differing views both earlier and later; should they all be relegated to the Miscellaneous Biographies?' However, between Zhāoyuán and Siming, there was no mutual inclusion in master-disciple lineage; later people broadly referred to them as 'Off-Mountain' (Shānwài), which was already sufficient to reprove them. As for Fazhi's descendants who occasionally made contrary statements, none were as egregious as Jìngjué and Shénzhì. They were invoked as kin yet were not of the same kind, so for now I designate these two men as the foremost. (For *zhu* [praying/invoking], the pronunciation is *zhi* and *jiu* reversed; the matter is found in Yangzi.)