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荊南城西天王寺　道悟禪師。唐正議大夫戶部侍郎平章事荊南節度使丘玄素撰師碑曰。道悟渚宮人。姓崔氏。子玉之後胤也。年十五依長沙寺曇翥律師出家。二十三詣嵩山受戒。三十參石頭。賴沐指示曾未投機。次謁忠國師。年三十四與國師侍者應真南還。謁馬祖。祖曰。識取自心本來是佛。不屬漸次不假修持。體自如如萬德圓滿。師於言下大悟。祖囑之曰。汝往住持莫離舊處。師蒙旨已便返荊門。去郭不遠結草為廬。後節使顧問左右申其端緒。節使親往訪問。見其路隘車馬難通。極目荒榛曾未修整。因之怒其令人持師拋於流水。旌斾旋歸。居第火發莫可近向。聞空中聲曰。我是天王神。我是天王神。節使謝過拜禮。煙焰頓息。亟趍江際。見師水涯重伸懺悔。迎請在衙供養。於府西造寺。額曰天王。師居常稱云。快活快活臨將入寂。乃稱苦苦閻羅王來取伊也。院主云。和尚被節使拋向水中。神色不動如今何得恁麼地。師舉枕子云。汝道當時是如今是。院主無對。師擲下枕子而逝。當此元和五年十月十三日也。壽八十二。坐六十三夏。嗣法一人。曰崇信（見五燈會元錄）。

Tianwang Monastery west of Jingnan city: Chan Master Daowu. Qiu Xuansu, Grand Master for Closing Court, Vice Minister of Revenue, Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery, and Military Commissioner of Jingnan under the Tang, composed the Master's stele inscription, which states: 'Daowu was a native of Zhugong, surnamed Cui, a descendant of Ziyu. At the age of fifteen, he left home under Vinaya Master Tanzhu of Changsha Monastery. At twenty-three, he went to Mount Song to receive the precepts. At thirty, he studied under Shitou; although he was favored with instructions, his mind did not yet tally. Next he paid homage to National Preceptor Zhong. At thirty-four, he returned south with Yingzhen, the National Preceptor's attendant, to pay homage to Mazu. Mazu said: "Recognize that your own mind is originally Buddha; it does not belong to gradual stages, nor does it rely on cultivation. Its substance is naturally suchlike, endowed with all myriad virtues." The Master attained great awakening at these words. Mazu instructed him, saying: "Go and serve as abbot; do not depart from your former place." Having received this instruction, the Master immediately returned to Jingmen. Not far from the outer wall, he tied thatch to make a hut. Later, the Military Commissioner inquired of his attendants about the situation, and then went in person to visit. Seeing that the road was narrow and impassable for horses and carriages, and overgrown with wild brambles that had never been cleared, he became angry and ordered men to throw the Master into the flowing waters. The flags and banners turned back, but when he reached his residence, a fire broke out that no one could approach. A voice in the sky said: "I am the heavenly king deity! I am the heavenly king deity!" The Military Commissioner apologized, bowed, and prostrated; the smoke and flames instantly subsided. He hurried to the riverside, saw the Master at the water's edge, and repeated his repentance. He invited him into the government office to make offerings, and built a monastery to the west of the prefecture, with the placard inscribed "Tianwang" (Heavenly King). The Master was accustomed to exclaiming, "How joyful! How joyful!" When he was about to enter quiescence, he called out, "Pain, pain! King Yama has come to fetch me!" The monastery director said: "When the Venerable was thrown into the water by the Military Commissioner, your expression did not change. How can you be like this now?" The Master raised his pillow and said: "Do you say that time was right, or is this time right?" The monastery director had no reply. The Master threw down the pillow and passed away. This occurred on the thirteenth day of the tenth month of the fifth year of the Yuanhe era. He lived eighty-two years, with sixty-three summer retreats. He had one dharma heir: Chongxin' (see Record of the Compendium of the Five Lamps).