佛祖統紀 44.46

44.46

The fangshi master Wang Zhongli of Tingzhou met a Daoist adept surnamed Zhao, who transmitted divine arts to him. When Zhongli reached the capital, he fully reported these miraculous responses. By imperial edict, he was appointed an adjunct officer of Xuzhou and lodged in the official quarters of the Imperial City. Afterwards, he frequently saw the adept in the marketplace, where the adept referred to himself as the True Lord Controller of Destinies. In the fifth month of that year, he descended into the hall where Zhongli resided, wearing a cap and bearing a sword, his garments entirely azure. Whenever there were portents or anomalies, he would unfailingly announce them in advance, and Zhongli regularly transmitted his words.