佛祖統紀 9.59

9.59

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.