佛祖歷代通載 6.117

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（二十三）　是年哀帝。詔法師竺潛。講般若於禁中。甞著屐至殿中。人聚觀歎道德高風。初不省有市朝。時簡文輔政。沛國劉惔甞遇潛於簡文座中。嘲曰。道人亦遊朱門乎。對曰。君自見朱門。貧道以為蓬戶。及辭還剡山。支遁寓書求買沃州小嶺歸隱。潛答曰。欲來當給。未聞巢由買山而隱也。寧康二年卒。武帝下詔曰。法深理悟虛遠風鑑清高棄宰輔之榮。襲染衣之素。山居世外篤懃匪懈。方賴宣道以濟蒼生。奄從遷謝用痛于懷。其賜緡錢十萬。助建塋塔。潛字法深。凡中國勅葬沙門。自潛而始。

(23) In this year, Emperor Ai issued an imperial decree summoning Dharma Master Zhu Qian to lecture on prajñā within the forbidden palace. He once wore wooden clogs to the palace hall; people gathered to watch and marveled at his lofty virtue and spirit, for he seemed completely unaware of being in the marketplace or court. At that time, Emperor Jianwen assisted in the government, and Liu Tan of Peiguo once met Qian in Jianwen's seat and teased him, "Does a person of the Way also visit the red gates of the nobility?" Qian replied, "You, sir, see red gates yourself; this poor monk considers them a humble thatched hut." When he took his leave to return to Mount Shan, Zhi Dun sent a letter asking to purchase the small ridge of Mount Wozhou to retire in reclusion. Qian replied, "If you wish to come, I will simply give it to you; I have never heard that Chao [Fu] or Xu [You] had to buy a mountain to live as hermits." In the second year of Ningkang, he died. Emperor Wu issued an imperial decree saying: "Fashen understood the principle with empty and transcendent insight; his lofty discernment abandoned the glory of the chancellery and adopted the plainness of the dyed robes. Living in the mountains beyond the world, he was devoted and untiring. Just as we relied on him to propagate the Way to rescue the common people, he has suddenly passed away, which brings deep sorrow to our heart. Let him be granted one hundred thousand coins to assist in building his tomb and pagoda." Qian's courtesy name was Fashen. The practice of an imperial burial for a śramaṇa in China began with Qian.