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九座山　癸亥會昌三年。正覺大師。諱智廣。興化軍仙遊人。憲宗元和二年示生。初參鹽官安國師及鄂州無等禪師有省。遂南歸止泉州。常持鐵鉢以一白犬自隨。至是武宗將廢教。乃遁巖谷。宣宗復教復出南山。懿宗咸通六年柢此九山之所。逢巨蟒欲來吞師。師錫先飛撑拄蟒口。師入蟒口趺坐。逮師出定蟒化為石矣。既而雷雨湧沙成院基址。由是山之神移山八維。院居其中成九座焉師僖宗乾符三年示寂。昭宗乾寧二年。勅諡正覺大師。

Mount Jiuzuo: In the guihai year, the third year of Huichang, Great Master Zhengjue, taboo name Zhiguang, was a man of Xianyou in Xinghua Commandery. He manifested birth in the second year of Yuanhe under Xianzong. He first studied under National Preceptor Yanguan An and Chan Master Wudeng of Ezhou and had an awakening. He then returned south and stayed in Quanzhou. He constantly carried an iron alms bowl and had a white dog following him. By this time, Wuzong was about to abolish the Buddhist teaching, so he hid in rocky valleys. When Xuanzong restored the teaching, he came out again to the Southern Mountains. In the sixth year of Xiantong under Yizong, he arrived at this place of the Nine Mountains. He encountered an enormous python that wanted to come and swallow the Master. The Master's staff flew first and propped open the python's mouth. The Master entered the python's mouth and sat cross-legged. By the time the Master emerged from samādhi, the python had turned to stone. Soon after, thunder and rain surged sand to form the foundation of a monastery. Because of this, the mountain deity shifted the mountains in the eight directions, and the monastery stood in their center, forming "Nine Seats" (Jiuzuo). The Master manifested quiescence in the third year of Qianfu under Xizong. In the second year of Qianning under Zhaozong, an edict posthumously conferred the title Great Master Zhengjue.