佛祖歷代通載 9.9

9.9

（六）　是歲詔隱士何點。點以巾褐入見帝。帝賜之酒。特除侍中。點前席將帝須曰。乃欲臣老子耶。固辭不受。復詔何胤。胤謂使者曰。吾年五十七矣。月食四斗米不盡。那復有宦情耶。帝知不可致。有旨給白衣尚書祿。胤苦辭。晚入虎丘之西寺講維摩經。及將終夢天女六十餘人列于前。及寤猶見之如故。即具浴儼衣冠。少頃而卒。何氏自晉司徒充宋司徒尚之。並建大義伸明佛法。累葉遵承至胤姪侍中敬容而止。

(6) In this year, an imperial edict summoned the recluse He Dian. Dian entered for an audience with the Emperor wearing a cloth cap and coarse clothes. The Emperor bestowed wine upon him and specially appointed him Attendant Gentleman (Shizhong). Dian moved forward on his mat, grasped the Emperor's beard, and said, "Do you really wish to make a minister out of the Old Master?" He firmly declined and did not accept. The Emperor again summoned He Yin. Yin said to the messenger, "I am fifty-seven years of age; every month I cannot even finish four dou of rice. How could I still have any ambition for officialdom?" The Emperor, knowing he could not be brought to court, issued an edict to grant him the stipend of a Director (Shangshu) in white robes. Yin strenuously declined. Later in life, he entered the Western Temple on Tiger Hill to lecture on the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa-sūtra. When his end approached, he dreamed of more than sixty heavenly maidens arrayed before him; when he awoke, he still saw them as before. Thereupon he bathed completely, put on his cap and robes with dignity, and passed away shortly thereafter. From Sikong He Chong of the Jin dynasty down to Sikong He Shangzhi of the Song, the He family both established great righteousness and illuminated the Buddhadharma; this was upheld through successive generations down to Yin's nephew, the Attendant Gentleman He Jingrong, whereafter it ceased.