佛祖歷代通載 12.40

12.40

舊唐史云。後魏末有僧達磨者。本天竺王子。以讓國出家。得禪宗妙法云。自釋迦相傳有衣鉢為記世相傳授。達磨將衣鉢航海而來。初至梁國。武帝問以有為之事。達磨不悅。乃之魏隱于嵩山少林寺。遇毒而卒。其年魏使於葱嶺回見之。門徒發其墓。但有隻履而已。達磨傳惠可。可甞斷臂以求其法。可傳僧璨。璨傳道信。信傳弘忍。忍姓周氏。黃梅人。與信並住東山寺。世謂其法為東山法門。

The Old History of the Tang states: "At the end of the Later Wei, there was a monk named Bodhidharma, originally a prince of India, who left the household by yielding his realm, and attained the marvelous Dharma of the Chan school. It is said that from Śākyamuni it was handed down using the robe and bowl as a sign, transmitted from generation to generation. Bodhidharma, carrying the robe and bowl, came by sea. He first arrived in the Liang state; Emperor Wu questioned him on conditioned affairs, which displeased Bodhidharma. He then went to Wei and hid at Shaolin Temple on Mount Song. He met with poison and died. In that year, an envoy of Wei returning across the Pamirs saw him. His disciples opened his tomb, but found only a single shoe. Bodhidharma transmitted it to Huike; Ke once severed his arm to seek his Dharma. Ke transmitted it to Sengcan; Can transmitted it to Daoxin; Xin transmitted it to Hongren. Ren's surname was Zhou, a native of Huangmei; he resided together with Xin at Dongshan Temple. The world called their Dharma the Dongshan Dharma Door."