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定祖圖　明教大師契嵩。明道年間從龍興西山歐陽氏昉（妃兩反）。借其家所藏之書。讀於奉聖院。遂以佛五戒十善通儒之五常。著為原教。是時歐陽文忠公修慕韓文公昌黎排佛。盱江李泰伯亦其流。師乃携所業謁泰伯。以論儒釋脗合。且抗其說。泰伯愛其文之高。服其理之勝。因致書譽師於文忠公。既而師居杭州靈隱。撰正宗記定祖圖。至是嘉祐三年。齎往京師。經開封府。投狀府尹王公素仲儀。以劄子進之曰。臣今有杭州靈隱寺僧契嵩。經臣陳狀稱。禪門傳法祖宗未甚分明。教門淺學各執傳記。古今多有爭競。故討論大藏經。備得禪門祖宗所出本末。因刪繁撮要。撰成傳法正宗記一十二卷并畫祖圖一面。以正傳記謬誤。兼註輔教編四十篇。印本一部三卷。上陛下書一封。並不干求恩澤。乞臣繳進。臣於釋教粗曾留心。觀其筆削註述。故非臆論頗亦精緻。陛下萬機之暇深得法樂。願賜聖覽。如有可采乞降中書看詳。特與編入大藏目錄取進止。帝覽其書可其奏。乃送中書。丞相韓魏公琦參政歐陽文忠公修相與觀嘆。歐陽公曰。不意僧中有此郎。探經考證既無訛謬。於是朝廷旌以明教大師號。賜書入藏中。書劄子曰。權知開封府王素奏。杭州靈隱寺僧契嵩撰成傳法正宗記并輔教編三卷。宜令傳法院於藏經內收附。劄付傳法院準此（出瑩仲溫羅湖文集。初見周昭王四年佛正宗記下）。仲溫瑩公贊之曰。嵩之高丈至論。足以寄宣大化。既經進獻獲收附於大藏。則維持法門之功。日月不能老矣。嗟夫吾徒有終身不過目者。豈知潛利陰益所自耶。

The *Dingzu tu* (Chart Establishing the Patriarchs): Great Master Mingjiao Qisong, during the Mingdao era, borrowed books kept in the family of Ouyang Fang (pronounced *fǎng*) of West Mountain in Longxing, and read them at Fengsheng Monastery. Thereupon he correlated the Buddha's Five Precepts and Ten Virtuous Deeds with the Confucian Five Constants, composing the *Yuanjiao* (Origin of the Teaching). At that time, Lord Ouyang Xiu (Wenzhong) admired Han Yu (Changli) in refuting Buddhism, and Li Taibo of Xujiang was also of their kind. The Master then carried his work to visit Taibo to discuss how Confucianism and Buddhism accord like two halves of a tally, and countered his arguments. Taibo loved the loftiness of his writing and submitted to the superiority of his reasoning; he consequently sent a letter praising the Master to Lord Wenzhong. Soon after, the Master resided at Lingyin in Hangzhou, compiling the *Zhengzong ji* and *Dingzu tu*. By this point, in the third year of Jiayou, he brought them to the capital, and passing through Kaifeng Prefecture, submitted a petition to Prefecture Governor Lord Wang Su (Zhongyi), who presented it [to the throne] in a memorial note, saying: "Your servant now has the monk Qisong of Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, who presented a petition to your servant stating: 'In the transmission of the Dharma within the Chan gate, the patriarchs have not been very distinct; superficial scholars of the doctrinal schools each cling to their own records, and there have been many disputes since antiquity. Therefore, examining the Great Canon, I have completely obtained the origins and developments from which the Chan patriarchs issued. Accordingly, trimming the superfluous and gathering the essentials, I have composed the twelve-roll *Record of the True Lineage of Dharma Transmission* along with a painted chart of the patriarchs on one sheet, to correct the errors of earlier accounts, and additionally annotated forty essays of the *Auxiliary to the Teaching Collection*, in one printed set of three rolls, together with a letter submitted to Your Majesty. I do not seek any favor or bestowal, but beg your servant to forward them.' Your servant has roughly paid attention to the Śākya teachings; viewing his writing, deletions, annotations, and expositions, they are certainly not arbitrary opinions and are quite refined. In the leisure among Your Majesty's myriad affairs of state, You deeply attain the joy of Dharma. We hope You will deign to cast Your imperial glance upon them. If there is anything worthy of adoption, we beg that they be sent down to the Secretariat for detailed examination, so that they may be specially entered into the catalogue of the Great Canon awaiting imperial decision." The Emperor read his book and approved his memorial, sending it to the Secretariat. Chancellor Lord Han Qi (Duke of Wei) and Participant in Determining Governmental Matters Lord Ouyang Xiu (Wenzhong) viewed it together and marveled. Lord Ouyang said: "I did not expect there to be such a man among the monks; his investigation of scriptures and collation of evidence are indeed free from error." Thereupon the imperial court honored him with the title Great Master Mingjiao, and ordered the writings to be entered into the Canon. The Secretariat's directive stated: "Acting Governor of Kaifeng Prefecture Wang Su memorialized that the monk Qisong of Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou composed the *Record of the True Lineage of Dharma Transmission* and the *Auxiliary to the Teaching Collection* in three rolls; it is fitting to order the Institute for the Propagation of the Dharma to include and append them within the Canonical Scriptures. Direct this to the Institute for the Propagation of the Dharma accordingly" (from the *Luohu wenji* of Ying Zhongwen; first appears under the fourth year of King Zhao of Zhou under *Fo zhengzong ji*). Venerable Zhongwen Ying praised him, saying: "Song's lofty writings and supreme discourses are sufficient to communicate and proclaim the Great Transformation. Having been presented to the throne and obtained inclusion within the Great Canon, his merit in upholding the Dharma Gate cannot be aged by sun and moon! Alas, among our fellows there are those who never lay eyes on them in their whole lives; how could they know whence the subtle benefits and hidden assistance come?"