釋氏稽古略 4.220

4.220

義天僧統　高麗國君文宗仁孝王第四子。出家名義天。是冬航海至明州。上表乙遊中國詢禮。詔以朝奉郎楊傑（傑字次公）館伴。所至二浙淮南京東諸郡。迎餞如行人禮。遍訪三學宗工。初抵鄞師事明智。中立而友法隣。請跋教乘（草庵教苑遺事）。入天台山拜智者塔。渡浙造杭州上竺。以弟子禮事慈辯從諫。受天台教觀（祠山觀經疏註）。次靈芝拜大智元照稟律藏（靈芝行業碑）。歷慧因（今高麗寺）。從晉水淨源問賢首宗乘（華嚴閣記）。過潤州金山以禪規大展拜佛印禪師了元。元據座受禮。館伴楊傑以為疑。佛印曰。眾姓出家同名釋子。義天抑僧耳。不如是何以示華夏師法乎。朝廷聞之以元為知大體（佛印本傳）。義天朝京師。禮部郎中蘇軾接伴。謁拜慧林圓照禪師宗本。有司館遇甚厚（圓照禪師本傳）。

The Supreme Clerical Director Ŭich'ŏn was the fourth son of King Munjong Renxiao of the kingdom of Koryŏ. He renounced household life under the name Ŭich'ŏn. That winter he sailed across the sea, arriving in Mingzhou, and presented a memorial requesting permission to travel through the Central Realm and inquire into propriety. By imperial decree, Gentleman for Court Audiences Yang Jie (courtesy name Cigong) was assigned as his official host. Wherever he went—through the prefectures of the two Zhe circuits, Huainan, and Jingdong—he was welcomed and seen off with the rites of an envoy. He called on prominent masters of the Three Learnings far and wide. First arriving in Yin, he took Mingzhi Zhongli as his master and befriended Falin, requesting an afterword on the doctrinal teachings (Cao'an jiaoyuan yishi). He entered Mount Tiantai to pay homage at the pagoda of Zhiyi. Crossing the Zhe River, he went to Upper Zhuji Monastery in Hangzhou, where he served Ciban Congjian with the rites of a disciple and received the Tiantai doctrinal contemplation (Cishan guan jing shu zhu). Next, he visited Lingzhi to pay homage to Master of Great Wisdom Yuanzhao and receive the Vinaya Pitaka (Lingzhi xingye bei). He traveled through Huiyin (now Koryŏ Monastery), where he inquired into the Xianshou school's teachings from Jinshui Jingyuan (Huayan ge ji). Passing through Jinshan in Runzhou, he spread his great prostration mat according to Chan monastic rules to pay homage to Chan Master Foyin Liaoyuan. Liaoyuan remained seated to receive the prostration. The official host Yang Jie doubted the propriety of this. Foyin said, "When people of all surnames renounce household life, they share the same family name as sons of the Śākya clan. Ŭich'ŏn is merely a monk. Were I not to do this, how could I display the model of masters in the Central Realm?" When the court heard of this, they considered Liaoyuan to understand the larger principle (Foyin benzhuan). When Ŭich'ŏn traveled to the capital for an imperial audience, Director in the Ministry of Rites Su Shi was assigned to escort him. He visited and paid homage to Chan Master Huilin Yuanzhao Zongben, and the authorities accommodated and entertained him with great generosity (Yuanzhao chanshi benzhuan).