[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) › 22.197 # 佛祖歷代通載 22.197 佛祖歷代通載 22.197 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [22.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.22.197) （二十五）　京師大寶集寺妙文講主卒。姓孫氏。蔚州人。妙文諱也。九歲為浮圖。年十有八畦服游學。跋涉雲朔之墟。觀風燕趙之邦。二十一預苾芻戒。抵京師依大德明公。學圓頓之道。陸沈于眾者積年。三十有二以眾勸請之殷。乃始赤服陞猊。就傳明之列。其涵養冲挹無欲速成名。不躁進求達類如此。四十有八居薊之雲泉。勤節儉用。老者懷其德。少者嚴其教。故眾睦而寺治。比再稔廩有餘粟。歲荒以賑飢民。薊人稱焉。世祖聞其道。召見之。顧謂侍臣曰。福德僧也。詔居寶集。時禪學浸微。教乘益盛。性相二宗。皆以大乘並驅海內。相學之流囿於名數滯於殊途。蔽情執之見。惑圓頓之旨。師獨大弘方等。振以圓宗。使守株於文字者。有以盪滌情塵融通寂照。是以龍象蹴踏。競附一乘之駕焉。年逾八十。益倦于勤。以寺任諸弟子。退居逸老專念佛三昧。延祐六年　月　日卒。年八十有三。告終之日。誡弟子高聲唱佛名。遽起跏趺結三昧印。泊然長逝。塔于平則門外。 > (Twenty-fifth \[year of Ren Zong\]) Master of Doctrine Miaowen of Da Baojisi in the capital died. His surname was Sun, and he was a native of Weizhou; Miaowen was his monastic name. At the age of nine, he entered the monastic life. At the age of eighteen, clad in patched robes, he traveled for study, wandering across the terrain of Yun and Shuo and observing the customs of Yan and Zhao. At twenty-one, he received the bhikṣu precepts. Reaching the capital, he relied upon the Venerable Ming and studied the Way of the Perfect and Sudden, blending inconspicuously into the assembly for many years. At thirty-two, at the earnest request of the community, he first donned the red robe and mounted the lion seat, joining the ranks of the transmitters of the lamp. His self-restraint and modesty, his lack of desire for swift fame, and his reluctance to rush forward for prominence were all like this. At forty-eight, he resided at Yunquan in Ji, being diligent, frugal, and measured in expenditure. The elderly cherished his virtue, and the young respected his teachings; therefore, the assembly was harmonious and the temple was well-regulated. After two successive harvests, the granaries had surplus grain, which was used in years of famine to relieve starving people; the people of Ji praised him for this. Shizu heard of his Way and summoned him for an audience, turning to his attendants and saying, 'He is a monk of blessed virtue.' An imperial decree appointed him to reside at Baojisi. At that time, Chan study was gradually waning, while the doctrinal vehicles were growing more flourishing. The two schools of Nature and Characteristics both vied across the realm under the Mahāyāna. Adherents of the Characteristics school were confined to names and numbers and mired in differing paths, obscured by opinions of emotional attachment and deluded about the principle of the Perfect and Sudden. The master alone broadly promoted the Vaipulya and revitalized it with the Perfect School, enabling those clinging rigidly to the written word to wash away emotional defilements and harmoniously penetrate tranquility and illumination. Because of this, great masters competed to board the vehicle of the One Vehicle. When he was over eighty, he grew weary of constant activity, entrusted the temple's affairs to his disciples, and retired to rest, dedicating himself exclusively to the Buddha-mindfulness samādhi. On the \[blank\] day of the \[blank\] month of the sixth year of Yanyou, he died at the age of eighty-three. On the day he announced his end, he instructed his disciples to chant the Buddha's name aloud; he then promptly arose, sat cross-legged, formed the samādhi mudrā, and serenely passed away. A stūpa was erected for him outside Pingzemen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 22.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.22.196) - [Next: 22.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.22.198) - [Up: 22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.22) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.22.197) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.22.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.22.197) · Pramāṇa