[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036) › 15.30 # 佛祖歷代通載 15.30 佛祖歷代通載 15.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [15.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.30) （廿二）　供奉吳元卿者。敏悟絕人。憲宗殊喜之。一日在昭陽宮。見群芳敷榮賞玩徘徊。倏聞空中有聲曰。虛幻之相開謝不停。能壞善根仁者安可嗜之元卿猛省志脫塵俗。帝一日游宮。問曰。卿何不樂。對曰。臣幼不食葷。志願從釋。帝曰。朕視卿若昆弟。但富貴欲出人表者不違卿。惟出家不可。既浹旬而容貌瘦顇。帝憫而詔曰。如卿願任選日遠近奏來。元卿荷恩致謝。尋得鄉報母患。乞歸寧。帝厚賜津遣。元卿至家。會韜光法師勉之。謁鳥窠禪師。啟曰。弟子七歲蔬食。十一受五戒。今年二十有二。為出家故休官。願和尚授與僧相。鳥窠曰。今時為僧鮮有精苦者行多浮濫。元卿曰。本淨非琢磨。元明不隨照。曰汝若了淨智妙圓體自空寂。即真出家何假外相。汝當為在家菩薩戒施俱修如孫許之流也。元卿曰。理雖如是。然非本志。倘蒙攝受則誓遵師教。如是三請皆不諾。韜光為勸請曰。宮使未甞娶。亦不畜侍女。禪師若不攝受。其誰能度之。鳥窠乃與披剃具戒。法號會通。晝夜精進誦大乘經習安般三昧。忽一日固辭遊方。鳥窠曰。汝將何往。曰會通為法出家。以和尚不垂慈誨。今往諸方學佛法去。窠於身上拈起布毛吹之。通遂悟玄旨。時號布毛侍者云。 > (22) Palace Attendant Wu Yuanqing was exceedingly sharp and perceptive beyond others, and Emperor Xianzong was extraordinarily fond of him. One day in Zhaoyang Palace, seeing the flowers in full bloom, he strolled admiringly. Suddenly he heard a voice in the air saying, "Illusory forms blossom and fade without ceasing; they can destroy wholesome roots. Benevolent one, how could you be fond of them?" Yuanqing was jolted into realization and resolved to cast off worldly dust. One day the Emperor toured the palace and asked him, "Why are you unhappy, minister?" He replied, "Your servant has not eaten meat since childhood, and my aspiration is to follow the Śākyan \[path\]." The Emperor said, "We regard you as a brother; if you desire wealth and rank surpassing others, We will not deny you. Only becoming a monk is not permitted." After ten days his appearance had grown emaciated. The Emperor took pity and decreed, "As you wish, choose any day near or far and memorialize it." Yuanqing was grateful and gave thanks. Soon he received news from his hometown that his mother was ill and begged to return to care for her. The Emperor bestowed generous gifts and sent him off. When Yuanqing reached home, he met Dharma Master Taoguang, who encouraged him. He visited Chan Master Niaoke and stated, "This disciple ate vegetarian food at age seven, received the five precepts at eleven, and am now twenty-two. For the sake of pravrajyā, I resigned my office. I pray the reverend will bestow the monastic appearance upon me." Niaoke said, "Few who become monks nowadays practice with rigor; their conduct is mostly lax." Yuanqing said, "The fundamentally pure does not require polishing; the primordial illumination does not follow objects." Niaoke said, "If you realize that pure wisdom is wondrous and complete and its substance is naturally empty and tranquil, that is true pravrajyā; why rely on external appearances? You should be a lay bodhisattva, cultivating both precepts and giving, like the sort of Sun and Xu." Yuanqing said, "Although the principle is like this, it is not my original aspiration. If I may receive your acceptance, I vow to follow the master's teachings." Having made this request three times, \[Niaoke\] still refused. Taoguang interceded on his behalf, saying, "The palace commissioner has never married, nor does he keep maidservants. If the Chan Master does not accept him, who will deliver him?" Niaoke then shaved his head and gave him the full precepts, conferring the Dharma name Huitong. Day and night he was diligent, chanting Mahāyāna sūtras and practicing ānāpāna-samādhi. Suddenly one day he firmly requested leave to travel on pilgrimage. Niaoke said, "Where are you going?" He said, "Huitong left home for the Dharma, but because the reverend does not deign to instruct me with compassion, I am now going to various regions to study the Buddha's Dharma." Niaoke plucked a strand of cloth down from his garment and blew on it; Tong thereupon awakened to the profound meaning. At the time he was called Attendant Cloth Down. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 15.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.29) - [Next: 15.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.31) - [Up: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.15.30) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [釋氏稽古略](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.213) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.30) · Pramāṇa