[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) › 15.40 # 佛祖歷代通載 15.40 佛祖歷代通載 15.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [15.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.40) （三十）　是年十月五日。刺史柳宗元卒。宗元字子厚。河東人。少精敏無不通達。為文章卓偉精緻。一時輩行推仰。第博學宏詞。累監察御史裏行。善王叔文。叔文得罪貶永州司馬。既居閒益自刻苦。務記覽為詞章。泛濫停蓄為深博無涯涘。而自肆於山水之間。凡十年。起為柳州刺史。友人劉禹錫者得播州。宋元曰。播非人所居。而禹錫親在堂吾不忍其窮。即具表欲以柳州授禹錫而自往播。會大臣亦為禹錫請。因改連州。柳人以男女質錢。過時不贖則沒為奴婢。宗元設方計悉贖歸之。南方士人走數千里從宗元游。經指授者為文詞皆有師法。世號柳柳州。卒年四十七。臨終遍與友人書。託以後事。文集三十三卷。韓愈嘗評曰。雄深雅健似司馬子長。崔蔡不足多也。既沒柳人懷之。其神降于州之後堂。因廟于羅池。血食至今存焉。 > (30) In this year, on the fifth day of the tenth month, the prefect Liu Zongyuan passed away. Zongyuan, courtesy name Zihou, was a native of Hedong. In his youth he was keen and sharp, thoroughly understanding everything. In composing literature he was outstanding and exquisite; the contemporaries of his cohort looked up to him. He passed the Broad Learning and Grand Composition examination and was repeatedly promoted to Probational Investigating Censor. He was on good terms with Wang Shuwen. When Shuwen fell into disgrace, Zongyuan was demoted to Administrative Aide of Yongzhou. Living in leisure, he exerted himself all the more, devoting himself to reading and literary composition; his thoughts surged and gathered into profound breadth without shores, and he freely roved amidst the mountains and streams for ten years in all. He was summoned back to serve as the prefect of Liuzhou. His friend Liu Yuxi was assigned to Bozhou. Zongyuan said, 'Bozhou is no fit place for a human being to dwell, and Yuxi's mother is elderly; I cannot bear to see him brought to ruin.' He immediately drew up a memorial wishing to yield Liuzhou to Yuxi and go to Bozhou himself. It happened that high ministers also petitioned on Yuxi's behalf, so his post was changed to Lianzhou instead. The people of Liu used their sons and daughters as collateral for loans; if they failed to redeem them on time, they were confiscated into servitude as slaves. Zongyuan devised plans and redeemed them all, returning them to their families. Scholars of the south traveled thousands of li to associate with Zongyuan; those who received his instruction all had exemplary models for their literary compositions. The world called him Liu of Liuzhou. He died at the age of forty-seven. Facing the end, he wrote letters to all his friends, entrusting his affairs after death. His collected writings comprise thirty-three fascicles. Han Yu once praised him, saying, 'In heroic depth and elegant strength he resembles Sima Zijian; Cui and Cai are not worth much by comparison.' After his death, the people of Liu cherished his memory; his spirit descended in the rear hall of the prefecture, and a shrine was accordingly built at Luochi, where animal offerings are made down to the present day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 15.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.39) - [Next: 15.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.41) - [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.15.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.40) · Pramāṇa