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The Master's taboo name was Zhiyi, his style was De'an, and his surname was Chen, a native of Yingchuan. When the Jin moved its capital, his family resided in Huarong County, Jingzhou. He was the third son of Chen Qi, Duke of Yiyang and Cavalier Attendant of the Liang. His mother, Lady Xu, dreamed of fragrant, five-coloured smoke curling around her bosom; when she wished to brush it away, she heard someone say: "A karmic condition from past lives is entrusted to Kingly Way; blessing and virtue will arrive of themselves, why cast it away?" On the night of his birth, the room was brilliantly illuminated; only after two nights did the light cease. Remembering the earlier auspicious omen, they named him Wangdao (Kingly Way). When sleeping, he invariably joined his palms; when sitting, he invariably faced west. As he grew older, his mouth did not recklessly ingest food; whenever he saw an image, he bowed, and whenever he met a monk, he paid respect. At the age of seven, he delighted in going to saṅghārāmas; the monks were astonished by his aspiration. They orally taught him the "Universal Gate Chapter"; upon opening it once, he grasped it completely. His parents forbade him and did not allow him to recite it further. At the age of fifteen, when his will was set on learning, he served the Liang. In the first year of the Chengsheng era, when the state fell, he crossed north over Xiachuan to rely on his maternal uncle and seek out renowned teachers. At the age of eighteen, he went to Faxu of Guoyuan Monastery in Xiangzhou to enter monastic life, and was conferred the ten precepts. He further went north to Vinaya Master Huikuang, facing north with his scriptures across his knees, and fully received his instruction. He also went to Great Su Mountain in Guangzhou to Chan Master Nanyue, receiving instruction in mind contemplation. Thereupon on the Northern Peak he practiced the Lotus Samādhi. After staying for only three nights, when he chanted up to the "Chapter on the Medicine King" and his mind contemplated the ascetic practice, reaching "This is true vigor, true \[Dharma offering to the Tathāgata\]," clear comprehension arose. He saw himself together with Master Huisi at Vulture Peak, in the Seven Jewels Pure Land, listening to the Buddha preach the Dharma. Huisi confirmed his realization. Huisi once had him lecture on his behalf; Huisi personally held a ruyi sceptre and sat to observe and listen, saying to the disciples: "This is the dharma-son of our assembly; I only regret that his samādhi power is still slight." Thereupon master and disciple viewed him anew, and his fame was heard far and wide. His studies completed, he went to take leave of Huisi. Huisi said: "You have karmic ties with the state of Chen; going there will certainly bring benefit." After Huisi entered Mount Nanyue, the Great Master went to Jinling for eight full years. In speech and silence, he constantly longed for forests and marshes. He then dreamed of towering crags of ten thousand layers, with the clouds and sun half-hanging; at their side, the dark ocean was boundless. He saw a monk waving, extending his arm, and pulling the Master up the mountain. He communicated this dream to his disciples, and they all said: "This is Mount Tiantai." Thereupon, carrying the Way, he marched south and secluded himself in these crags. The young ruler of Chen issued edicts summoning him to court; only after seven envoys did the Master proceed to the capital. He was welcomed into the Eastern Hall of the Taiji Palace to lecture on the Dazhidu lun. When Jinling collapsed, he took his staff to Jing and Xiang. It happened that Prince Daye of Jin held the governorship governing the Huai and Hai regions; having heard of the Master's wind and holding his virtue in veneration, he wished to receive the precepts. He sent letters repeatedly requesting this. The Master first stated his own scant virtue, next yielded to renowned monks, and then recommended his fellow students; after three refusals he could not avoid it. On the twenty-third day of the eleventh month in the eleventh year of the Kaihuang era, he established a gathering of a thousand monks at Yangzhou and conferred the precepts upon the prince. Before long, the prince entered the court, and the Master returned to Mount Tiantai. He personally led the Chan community to practice the Bright Repentance, and made a vow: "If I am of benefit to the Three Jewels, may my remaining years be extended; if I am living in vain, I pray to quickly pass away." Soon after, he told the assembly: "I shall die in this place." He admonished them: "Each of you should remain silent; I am about to go." Having spoken, he sat upright as if in meditation and passed away before the Great Stone Statue of Tiantai. His worldly age was sixty-seven. 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