釋氏稽古略 3.263

3.263

The jiaxu year, the eighth year of Dazhong. Originally, on Mount Zhongnan, a monk had built a hut to practice meditation. One day, a monkey stole his saṅghāṭī robe, put it on, and sat in quiet contemplation. Thereupon, a troop of monkeys all practiced seated meditation. Among them, some shed their mortal coils; today there are the Five Monkeys' Stupas. Coming to this time, Emperor Xuanzong personally composed a panegyric saying: / "Ah, you monkeys, able to enter samādhi! / The monkey of the mind remains motionless for how many thousands of springs? / Cease clinging to the three winter fruits of the red trees; / Rest from playing with the solitary moon wheel in the blue pool. / Your pair of eyes has closed along with the green peaks; / Your two brows still furrow toward the hundred flowers. / Ever since sitting and shedding your bodies in Zhongnan (the name of a mountain in Yongxing Army, now Jingzhao), / How many people have awakened to this fleeting life?" (from the Linjian lu).