釋鑑稽古略續集 1.249

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桐江法師　諱紹。大嚴之桐江人。因以為號。姓吳。母李氏。入鳳山寺祝髮受具。私曰。化龍之魚肯以𨁃涔求生乎。謁雙徑大辨陵公。公以單傳心印詰難久之。復遍參名宿知法之無異味也。閱大藏教至三過通其旨趣。出世景德寺興復廢墜。詔住義烏寶林。一時法席號為極盛。是年八月初七日。翛然而化。壽七十四。臘五十八。闍維舍利如紺珠。齒牙貫珠不壞。有三會語錄并桐江集行世。

Dharma Master Tongjiang, taboo name Shao, was a native of Tongjiang in Dayandeng, taking it as his style. His surname was Wu, and his mother was of the Li clan. Entering Fengshan Monastery, he shaved his head and received the precepts. He privately said: "Would a fish that is to transform into a dragon be willing to seek life in a puddle?" He visited the venerable Shuangjing Dabi Ling. The master interrogated him with the single-transmitted mind-seal for a long time. He then extensively visited renowned masters, realizing that the Dharma has no divergent flavor. Reading through the teachings of the Great Canon three times, he penetrated their essential purport. Becoming abbot at Jingde Monastery, he restored what had fallen into disuse. By imperial edict, he took up residence at Baolin in Yiwu. For a time, his Dharma assembly was renowned as extraordinarily flourishing. On the seventh day of the eighth month of this year, he passed away peacefully. His age was seventy-four; his monastic age was fifty-eight. His cremated relics were like dark purple gems; his teeth were strung like pearls, undamaged. There are the Records of Sayings of Three Assemblies and the Tongjiang Collection circulating in the world.