釋鑑稽古略續集 1.96

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高峯禪師　諱原妙。蘇之吳江人。姓徐氏。受業烏戌之密印寺。得法於雪巖欽禪師之門。生於宋嘉熙戊戌。十五出家。十七受具戒。十八習天台教。二十更衣入淨慈立死限。三年二十一。請益斷橋參雪巖於北磵。住雙徑得悟。後隱龍鬚遷雙髻至元己卯上天目西峯。入張公洞扁死關。不越戶者十五年。學徒參請無虛日。僧俗受戒者幾數萬人。開山師子大覺二剎。是年乙未臘月朔。焚香說偈告眾坐亡。世壽五十七。僧臘四十三。度弟子幾百人。塔全龕於死關之內。從治命也。祖雍識師有語錄。盛行於世云　斷橋禪師。

Chan Master Gaofeng: His taboo name was Yuanmiao. He was a native of Wujiang in Suzhou, surnamed Xu. He received his training at Miyin Monastery in Wuxu, and obtained the Dharma under Chan Master Xueyan Qin. He was born in the wuxu year of the Jiaxi era of the Song. At fifteen he left home; at seventeen he received the full precepts; at eighteen he studied Tiantai teachings; and at twenty he changed his robes and entered Jingci Monastery, setting a deadline of death [to achieve awakening]. After three years, when he was twenty-one, he sought instruction from Duanqiao, visited Xueyan at Beijian, and attained awakening while residing at Shuangjing. Later he secluded himself at Longxu and moved to Shuangji. In the ji-mao year of the Zhiyuan era he went up to the West Peak of Mount Tianmu, entered Zhanggong Cave, and inscribed it the 'Death Gate,' not crossing the threshold for fifteen years. Disciples visited and sought instruction without a single idle day; the monks and laypeople who received precepts numbered several tens of thousands. He founded two monasteries: Shizi and Dajue. On the first day of the twelfth month of this yiwei year, he burned incense, spoke a gāthā, addressed the assembly, and passed away while sitting. His worldly age was fifty-seven, and his monastic age was forty-three. He ordained several hundred disciples. His entire shrine was stupaed within the Death Gate, in accordance with his dying wish. Zuyong recorded the master's discourse records, which circulate widely in the world. (Chan Master Duanqiao…)