佛祖歷代通載 18.89

18.89

（三十七）　天衣義懷禪師。生陳氏。溫州樂清人。世以漁為業。母夢星隕于屋除而光照戶。遂娠。及生尤多奇。兒稚坐父船尾。漁得魚付懷。懷不忍串之。私投江中。父怒笞詬。甘甜之（不以介意。長游京師。依景德寺試經得度）時有言法華者。不測人也。行市中拊懷背曰臨濟德山去。初謁金鑾善禪師不契。後謁葉縣省公。又不契東遊洞庭翠峯。懷當營炊自汲㵎折檐悟旨。顯公印可以為奇。辭去久無耗。有僧自淮上來曰。懷出世鐵佛矣。顯使誦提唱之語。譬如雁過長空影沈寒水。雁無遺踪之意水無留影之心。顯激賞以為類己。先使慰撫之。乃敢通門人之禮。諸方服其精識。自鐵佛至天衣。五遷法席。皆荒涼處。懷至必幻出樓觀。晚以疾居池州杉山菴。弟子智才住杭之佛日。迎歸家侍劑藥。才如姑胥未還。懷促其歸至門。而懷已別眾。才問。卯塔已畢。如何是畢竟事懷堅拳示之。遂倒臥推枕而化。世壽七十二坐四十六夏。葬佛日山。崇寧中勅諡振宗大師。

(37) Chan Master Tianyi Yihuai: Born of the Chen family, he was a native of Yueqing in Wenzhou. For generations his family had engaged in fishing. His mother dreamed that a star fell by the steps of the house and light illumined the door; she subsequently became pregnant. When he was born, there were many wonders. As a child he sat at the stern of his father's boat; when fishing caught fish and gave them to Huai, Huai could not bear to string them up and secretly cast them into the river. His father angrily beat and scolded him, but he took it sweetly (without minding it. When grown, he traveled to the capital, and following Jingde Monastery, was ordained upon passing the scriptural examination). At that time there was someone called Yan Fahua ["Dharma Flower Yan"], an unfathomable man. Walking through the marketplace, he patted Huai on the back and said: "Go to Linji and Deshan!" At first he visited Chan Master Shan of Jinluan, but did not tally [with him]; later he visited Venerable Sheng of Yexian, but also did not tally. Traveling east to Cuifeng at Dongting, while Huai was managing the cooking, he went to fetch water from the stream himself; the carrying pole broke, and he awakened to the principle. Venerable Xian confirmed him, regarding him as remarkable. After taking leave, there was no news of him for a long time. A monk came from the Huai River region and said: "Huai has appeared in the world at Tiefo." Xian had him recite [Huai's] preaching words: "Like a wild goose crossing the vast sky, its shadow sinks in the cold water; the goose has no intent to leave a trace, and the water has no mind to retain the shadow." Xian praised him enthusiastically, considering him to be like himself. He first sent someone to console and encourage him, and only then did [Huai] dare to convey the courtesies of a disciple. The various quarters admired his refined discernment. From Tiefo to Tianyi, he moved his teaching seat five times, all to desolate places; wherever Huai arrived, storied pavilions would magically appear. In his later years, due to illness, he resided at Shanshan Hermitage in Chizhou. His disciple Zhicai, who resided at Fori in Hangzhou, came to welcome him home to attend to his medicines. When Cai went to Guxu and had not yet returned, Huai urged him to return; when [Cai] reached the gate, Huai had already bid farewell to the assembly. Cai asked: "The stupa prepared beforehand is completed; what is the ultimate matter?" Huai held up a firm fist to show him; then he lay down, pushed away the pillow, and transformed. His worldly age was seventy-two, with forty-six monastic summers. He was buried at Mount Fori. During the Chongning reign, an imperial decree posthumously bestowed the title Grand Master Zhenzong ["Reviver of the Ancestral Tradition"].