佛祖歷代通載 13.8

13.8

（五　乙卯）　三月八日。玄宗遣禮部郎中張洽。齎詔詣當陽山。起沙門一行赴闕。行以再命不許辭赴之。有旨安置光泰殿。帝數訪以安國撫民之要。行啟陳無隱。未幾永穆公主出降。詔依太平公主故事優厚發遣。行諫以為高宗末年唯有一女。所以特加優禮。而太平竟以驕僭得罪。不應引以為例。帝納其言。遽追勅但依常禮。其忠諫多類此。或謂行優於憶誦。帝一日命出宮籍示之。行閱畢。令內侍執本對帝復之。不差一字。帝驚異顧謂左右曰。聖人也。自是頻召咨質佛心之要。行雍容啟沃聖眷日隆。天下之人。以帝從之問道。稱為天師焉。

(5. Yi-mao [715 CE]) On the eighth day of the third month, Xuanzong dispatched Zhang Qia, director of a bureau in the Ministry of Rites, carrying an imperial edict to Dangyang Shan to summon Śramaṇa Yixing to court. As an imperial order had been issued twice and no refusal was permitted, Yixing went. An edict directed that he be accommodated in Guangtai Hall. The emperor frequently consulted him on the essentials of bringing peace to the country and comforting the people; Yixing set forth his replies concealing nothing. Soon afterward, Princess Yongmu was to be married off. An imperial decree ordered that she be provided for generously in accordance with the precedent of Princess Taiping. Yixing remonstrated, holding that at the end of Gaozong's reign there was only this single daughter, which was why she was shown exceptional courtesy; yet Taiping eventually incurred guilt through arrogance and usurpation, so she should not be cited as a precedent. The emperor accepted his advice and hastily revoked the order, decreeing that only standard ritual be followed. His loyal admonitions were mostly of this kind. Some reported that Yixing was superior in memory and recitation. One day the emperor ordered the palace registers brought out and shown to him. When Yixing finished perusing them, he had an attendant hold the original text before the emperor while he recited it back, not missing a single word. Amazed and astonished, the emperor looked to his attendants and said: "A sage!" From then on, he frequently summoned him to inquire into the essentials of the Buddha-mind. Yixing's decorous counsel nurtured the sovereign, and the imperial favor grew greater by the day. Because the emperor sought instruction in the Way from him, the people of the realm called him "Heavenly Master."