釋鑑稽古略續集 1.216

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己丑至正九年夏四月。棗陽民張氏婦生男。甫週歲暴長四尺許。容貌異常。皤腹擁腫見人嬉笑。如俗所畵布袋和尚云　李好文。為諭德集端本堂經史要義大寶錄大寶龜鑑以進　他日皇子坐清寧殿。分布長席列坐高麗西番僧曰。李好文先生。教我儒書多年。尚不曉其意。今聽佛法一夜即曉。由是愈崇尚佛學　天龍主僧大道。諱善平。搆叢桂樓以居。受業於慶菴。問道於中峰云。

In the jichou year, the ninth year of the Zhizheng reign era, in the summer, the fourth month, a woman of the Zhang family in Zaoyang gave birth to a boy. When barely a year old, he suddenly grew to about four feet tall. His appearance was extraordinary: with a protruding belly and bloated body, whenever he saw people he would chuckle and laugh, just like the popular depictions of the Cloth-Bag Monk (Budai heshang). Li Haowen, as Expositor of Moral Virtue, compiled the Duanbentang jingshi yaoyi (Essential Principles of the Classics and Histories for the Hall of Proper Foundation), the Dabao lu (Record of the Great Treasure), and the Dabao guijian (Mirror of the Great Treasure) to present to the throne. On another day, the Crown Prince sat in the Qingning Hall, spreading out long mats where monks from Goryeo and the Western Regions sat in rows. He said: "Mr. Li Haowen has taught me Confucian books for many years, yet I still did not understand their meaning; today, having listened to the Buddhadharma for one evening, I understood it at once." From this point on, he revered and esteemed Buddhist studies all the more. Abbot Dadao of Tianlong Monastery, whose personal name was Shanping, built the Conggui Pavilion to dwell in. He received instruction under Qing'an and sought the Way under Zhongfeng.