釋鑑稽古略續集 1.153

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弘教大師　諱了性。號大林。武氏子。初依安和尚薙髮。登具歲諸講席。精究三藏。遇真覺國師啟迪厥心。如柏林潭關輔懷南陽慈諸公。皆以賢首之學著稱一時。悉造其門領其玄旨。北游燕薊晦迹魏闕之下。悠悠如處江海之上。與世若相忘焉。成宗徵居萬寧寺。聲價震蕩內外。大后剏寺於五臺山。曰大普寧寺。延師為第一代。師不求合於時。不屈於人。識者高其風節。是年九月卒。諡弘教大師云。

Great Master Hongjiao: His monastic name was Liaoxing, and his style was Dalin; he was a son of the Wu family. At first, he tonsured under Venerable An. Having received the full precepts, he attended various lecture platforms, thoroughly investigating the Tripiṭaka. Meeting National Preceptor Zhenjue, his mind was awakened. Worthies such as Tan of Bailin, Huai of Guanfu, and Ci of Nanyang were all renowned throughout their era for the Xianshou school; he visited all their gates and grasped their abstruse purport. He travelled north to Yan and Ji, concealing his traces beneath the imperial palace gates, carefree as if dwelling along rivers and seas, as though forgetting and being forgotten by the world. Emperor Chengzong summoned him to reside at Wanning Monastery, and his reputation resounded within and without. The Empress Dowager founded a monastery on Mount Wutai named Da Puning Monastery and invited the master to be its first-generation abbot. The master did not seek to conform to the times nor did he bow to others; those who understood him esteemed his lofty integrity. In the ninth month of this year, he passed away. He was posthumously titled Great Master Hongjiao.