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首山　汝州首山禪師。名省念。萊州狄氏子。受業本郡南禪寺。纔具戒遍遊叢席。常密誦法華經。眾目之曰念法華。受風穴沼禪師記莂。開法首山為第一世。次住汝州葉縣廣教及寶應。於昨淳化三年十二月四日午時上堂說偈曰。今年六十七老。病隨緣且遣日。今年却記來年事。來年記著今朝日。至今年十二月四日辭眾上堂。仍說偈曰。白銀世界金色身。情與非情共一真。明暗盡時俱不照。日輪午後示全身。言訖泊然而逝。荼毘收舍利建塔。師嗣風穴延沼。沼嗣南院慧顒。顒嗣興化存獎。獎嗣臨濟義玄禪師。其嗣師之法道者。汾陽善昭葉縣歸省神鼎洪諲谷隱蘊聰廣慧元璉丞相王隨公等凡一十二人。省傳浮山法遠。遠傳淨因道臻等。法道昌盛於後（僧傳）。

Shoushan: Chan Master Shoushan of Ruzhou, named Shengnian, was a son of the Di clan of Laizhou. He was tonsured under Nanshan Monastery in his native commandery. As soon as he received full precepts, he traveled broadly through monasteries; he constantly recited the Lotus Sūtra in secret, and the assembly referred to him as "Nian-Fahua" (Reciter of the Lotus). He received the prophecy of future Buddhahood from Chan Master Fengxue Zhao. He opened the Dharma at Shoushan as its first generation, and next resided at Guangjiao and Baoying in Ye County, Ruzhou. Yesterday, on the fourth day of the twelfth month at noon in the third year of the Chunhua era, he ascended the hall and uttered a gāthā: / "This year sixty-seven years old, / Old and sick, I follow conditions and while away the days. / This year I instead recall the affairs of next year; / Next year, remember this morning's day." / When it came to the fourth day of the twelfth month of this year, he took leave of the assembly and ascended the hall, again uttering a gāthā: / "In a world of white silver, a golden-colored body; / Sentient and non-sentient share the single True. / When brightness and darkness are exhausted, neither shines; / When the sun wheel passes noon, the whole body is revealed." / Having spoken, he serenely passed away. He was cremated, his relics gathered, and a stupa erected. The master was the dharma heir of Fengxue Yanzhao; Zhao was the heir of Nanyuan Huiyong; Yong was the heir of Xinghua Cunjang; Jiang was the heir of Chan Master Linji Yixuan. Those who succeeded to the master's Dharma lineage were Fenyang Shanzhao, Guixing of Ye County, Shending Hongyin, Guyin Yuncong, Guanghui Yuanlian, Grand Councilor Lord Wang Sui, and others, twelve persons in all. Xing transmitted it to Fushan Fayuan; Yuan transmitted it to Jingyin Daozhen and others; the Dharma lineage flourished greatly thereafter (Seng zhuan).