釋鑑稽古略續集 1.194

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宗周法師　諱子文。字宗周。四明人。得法於北溪聞公。出主寶雲寺。教觀淹博律規甚嚴。尋常對人則訥。升座講演則滔滔。如建瓴之水。莫之禦也。臨終時講十六觀經。罷即欲就座別眾入滅。有啟曰。和尚後事未曾分付。奈何遽爾告寂耶。師曰。僧家要行便行。莫做俗漢伎倆為兒女計而有後事。眾𢢽益切。於是下座。復歸方丈一一條書之。即合掌稱西方四聖號。回向發願畢遂寂。闍維舍利無數（僧傳）。

Dharma Master Zongzhou: His taboo name was Ziwen, and his style name was Zongzhou; he was a native of Siming. He received the Dharma from Reverend Wen of Beixi and came forth to preside over Baoyun Monastery. His knowledge of the doctrines and contemplations was vast and profound, and his observance of the vinaya rules was extremely strict. Ordinarily, he was reticent when speaking with others, but when he ascended the seat to lecture, his eloquence flowed like water poured from a steep eave, which nothing could stop. When he was near death, he finished lecturing on the Sixteen Contemplations Sūtra, and was about to immediately take his seat to bid farewell to the assembly and enter extinction. Someone addressed him, saying: 'Venerable Sir, you have not yet given instructions regarding your affairs after death; why do you announce your departure so suddenly?' The Master said: 'When a monk needs to go, he goes! Do not act like worldly men making calculations for sons and daughters and having affairs after death.' The assembly's earnest entreaties grew even more urgent. Thereupon he stepped down from the seat, returned to the abbot's quarters, and wrote down instructions item by item. Immediately, he joined his palms, invoked the names of the Four Sages of the Western Paradise, made his dedication and vows, and then passed into stillness. Relics from his cremation were innumerable (Biographies of Monks).