釋氏稽古略 4.170

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江西湖東道江州路廬山圓通禪寺禪師。名居訥。梓州東川蹇氏子。生而英偉。讀書過目成誦。年十一出家。十七試法華經。得度成業講肆。會禪者南回勉其參請。於是遍歷荊楚間迄無所得。至襄州榮禪師處。密契心要。留止十年遊廬山。道望日重。南康守程師孟請住歸宗遷圓通。至是淨因詔之不起。舉懷璉以自代。天下賢訥為知人。既老休居寶積巖。神宗熙寧四年二月八日無疾端坐而逝。壽六十二。臘四十五。塔于巖塢。師禪坐。初叉手自如。至中夜漸升至膺。侍僧每侯之以待曉色。師嗣襄州子榮禪師。榮嗣智門祚。祚嗣香林遠遠嗣雲門偃禪師（僧寶傳）。

Chan Master Junu of Yuantong Chan Monastery on Mount Lu, Jiangzhou Circuit, in the Hudong Circuit of Jiangxi, was a native of Dongchuan in Zizhou from the Jian family. Born extraordinary and heroic, he could recite texts after a single reading. At age eleven, he left home. At seventeen, he passed the examination on the Lotus Sūtra, was ordained, and accomplished his training in the lecture halls. Encountering a Chan follower traveling south who urged him to consult masters, he traveled extensively throughout Jing and Chu, yet ultimately attained nothing. Arriving at the place of Chan Master Rong of Xiangzhou, he secretly accorded with the mind-essential. He remained for ten years, then traveled to Mount Lu, his reputation in the Way growing daily. Cheng Shimeng, Governor of Nankang, invited him to reside at Guizong and then transfer to Yuantong. At this point, though summoned by imperial decree to Jingyin, he did not rise, recommending Huailian to take his place. The world praised Nu for being a judge of men. When elderly, he retired to live at Baoji Cliff. On the eighth day of the second month in the fourth year of the Xining era of Emperor Shenzong, he passed away sitting upright without illness, at the age of sixty-two, having been a monk for forty-five years. A stūpa was built for him in the cliff basin. When the master sat in meditation, his hands were at first crossed naturally; toward midnight, they would gradually rise to his chest. His attendant monks would always watch for this to know the approach of dawn. The master was the dharma heir of Chan Master Zirong of Xiangzhou; Rong was the heir of Zhimenzhu; Zhu was the heir of Xianglin Yuan; Yuan was the heir of Chan Master Yunmen Yan (Sengbao zhuan).