釋氏稽古略 4.279

4.279

The Song emperor constructed Mount Shoushan and Genyue in Bianjing, which were completed in the autumn, the seventh month of this year, and bestowed the name Huayang Palace. The monk Zuxiu (courtesy name Zizhi) of Luo County, Han Prefecture in the Shu Commandery, personally visited it in the early Jingkang era under Emperor Qinzong and composed the Record of Huayang Palace, which is recorded in the Short Account of the Eastern Capital. Xiu once compiled the discussions on the fundamental tenets of the Buddhadharma between Duke Wenzhong (Ouyang Xiu) and Chan Master Na of Yuantong in Jiangzhou, composing the Outer Chronicle of Ouyang, to which Layman Houhu (Su Xiang) wrote a preface. In the second year of the Shaoxing era under Emperor Gaozong, his disciple Tanyun Zhonghong compiled the Master's lecture notes into a biography and produced a three-fascicle subcommentary (Shuchao), for which Wang Zhi of Ruyin wrote another preface. Left Grand Councilor Duke of the State of Wei (Zhang Jun) also composed an afterword, and it was printed and circulated in the world. Xiu composed the Comprehensive Discourse on the Chronology of the Buddha's Transmissions. Zuxiu [of the same era] wrote the General Chronicle and claimed it as his own; this Xiu had the title Shishi (Tales of the Recluse's Bed).