佛祖歷代通載 15.24

15.24

（十八）　是年河東柳子厚。製南嶽大明律師碑。其詞曰。儒以禮立仁義。無之則壞。佛以律持定慧。去之則喪是以離禮於仁義者。不可與言儒。異律於定慧者。不可與言佛。達是道者惟大明師。師姓歐陽氏。號曰惠開。唐開元二十一年始生。天寶十一載始為浮圖。大曆十一年始登壇為大律師。貞元十五年十一月十日卒。元和九年正月其弟子懷信道嵩尼無染等。命高道僧靈嶼為行狀。列其行事。願刊之茲碑。宗元今掇其大者。言曰。師先因宦世家潭州。為大族勳烈爵位。今不言大浮圖也。凡浮圖之道衰。其徒必小律而去經。大明恐焉。於是從峻洎偘。以究戒律。而。大法以立。又從秀洎昱。以通經教。而奧義以修。由是二道出入隱顯。後學以不惑。來求以有得。廣德三年始立大明寺于衡山。詔選居寺僧二十一人。師為之首。乾元三年又命衡山立毘尼藏。詔講律僧七人。師應其數。凡其衣服器用動有師法。言語行止皆為物軌。執巾匜奉杖屨為侍者數百。剪髦髮被教戒為學者數萬。得眾若獨居尊若卑。晦而光介而大。浩浩焉無以加也。其塔在祝融峯西趾下。碑在塔東。詞曰。儒以禮行。覺以律興。一歸真源無大小乘。大明之律是定是慧。丕窮經教為法出世。化人無量垂裕無際。詔尊碩德威儀有繼。道遍大洲徽音勿替。祝融西麓洞庭南裔。金石刻辭彌億千歲。

(18) In this year, Liu Zihou of Hedong composed the stele inscription for Vinaya Master Daming of Nanyue. His text reads: "Confucians establish benevolence and righteousness by means of ritual propriety; without it, they fall into ruin. Buddhas maintain concentration and wisdom by means of vinaya; if cast aside, they are lost. Therefore, one who separates ritual propriety from benevolence and righteousness cannot be discussed together with Confucianism; one who divorces vinaya from concentration and wisdom cannot be discussed together with Buddhism. The only one to penetrate this Way was Master Daming. The Master had the surname Ouyang and the monastic name Huikai. He was born in the twenty-first year of the Kaiyuan era of the Tang (733 CE). In the eleventh year of the Tianbao era (752 CE), he first entered the sangha. In the eleventh year of the Dali era (776 CE), he first mounted the platform as a Great Vinaya Master. On the tenth day of the eleventh month of the fifteenth year of the Zhenyuan era (799 CE), he died. In the first month of the ninth year of the Yuanhe era (814 CE), his disciples Huaixin, Daosong, the nun Wuran, and others ordered the monk of lofty Dao, Lingyu, to draw up a biographical account listing his deeds, wishing to engrave it upon this stele. I, Zongyuan, now select its main points and state: The Master originally came from a family of officials settled in Tanzhou, an eminent clan of illustrious lineage and noble rank; here I do not discuss this, but only the Great Buddhist. Whenever the Buddhist path declines, its followers invariably belittle the vinaya and abandon the sūtras. Daming was alarmed by this. Thereupon he studied under Jun and Kan to investigate the monastic discipline, and thus the Great Dharma was established. He also studied under Xiu and Yu to master the teachings of the sūtras, and thus cultivated their profound meanings. From this, the two paths moved inward and outward, hidden and manifest, so that later learners were not confused and those who came seeking attained something. In the third year of the Guangde era (765 CE), Daming Monastery was first founded on Mount Heng. An imperial decree selected twenty-one monks to reside in the monastery, with the Master as their head. In the third year of the Qianyuan era (760 CE), an edict was again issued for Mount Heng to establish a Vinaya Piṭaka, decreeing seven monks to lecture on the vinaya; the Master met this number. In all his clothing and utensils, his actions had the norms of a master; his speech and conduct were models for all things. Several hundred served as his attendants, holding his towel and basin, offering his staff and sandals. Several tens of thousands cut their hair and received the teachings and precepts as his students. Possessing a crowd, he was as though alone; dwelling in honor, he was as though humble. He was obscure yet radiant, upright yet great, boundless and unmatched. His stūpa is beneath the western base of Zhurong Peak, and the stele stands to the east of the stūpa. The verse reads: Confucians proceed through ritual propriety; / The Awakened prosper through vinaya. / Both return to the one true source, / Beyond Mahāyāna or Hīnayāna. / Daming's vinaya / Was concentration and was wisdom. / Exhaustively exploring the scriptural teachings, / He appeared in the world for the sake of the Dharma. / Converting countless people, / Bequeathing boundless abundance. / An imperial decree honored his great virtue, / His deportment continued unbroken. / His Way pervaded the great continent, / His fine fame never ceased. / On the western foothills of Zhurong, / At the southern border of Lake Dongting, / Words carved in bronze and stone / Shall endure through thousands of myriad years."