釋氏稽古略 4.210

4.210

An imperial decree ordered the palace commissioner Liang Congzheng to reopen the sixty-four cloisters of Xiangguo Monastery in the capital, Bianjing, converting them into two Chan and eight Vinaya [cloisters]. This began in the gengshen year of Yuanfeng and was completed in the autumn of this renxu year. The eastern and western corridors were designated as the two great Chan monasteries, Huilin and Zhihai. An imperial decree carried by courier ordered Chan Master Zongben of Jingci in Hangzhou to reside at Huilin, and Chan Master Changzong of Donglin on Mount Lu in Jiangzhou to reside at Zhihai. Changzong resolutely declined; an imperial decree permitted this and thereupon bestowed on him the title Chan Master Guanghui (Sengbao zhuan).