釋鑑稽古略續集 2.13

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天真禪師　諱惟則。字天真。菰城費姓。母沈氏。夢異僧而生。禮善壽為師。受具後謁佛日琦千巖長。無見無用等十八人。皆不相入。最後往𭅕阜無極源公處。釋然頓悟。有誓不涉世之戒。然於隨根善導。契悟者日夥。是年徵天下高僧。赴京師大興法事。白菴金公首以薦師。俄以足疾告還。一日侵曉忽告眾曰。吾去矣。侍者請偈厲聲曰。平常說底不是耶。遂下睫而逝。荼毘頂骨齒舌不壞。壽七十一。臘五十八。澉上胡秋碧。寫師神儀。日本國人售歸以供。天真語錄行世　以張正常為真人。去其天師之號。上謂群臣曰。至尊惟天豈有師也。以此為號。褻瀆甚矣。改天師印為真人印　己酉洪武二年正月。封京都及天下城隍神　命祭天下五嶽五鎮四凟四海之神　定諸神祭禮　定官民喪服之制。

Chan Master Tianzhen: taboo name Weize, style name Tianzhen, was surnamed Fei of Gucheng. His mother, Lady Shen, gave birth to him after dreaming of an extraordinary monk. He bowed to Shanshou as his teacher. After receiving the full precepts, he called upon eighteen teachers, including Qianshan Chang of Fori, Wujian, and Wuyong, but could not enter into rapport with any of them. Finally, he went to Master Wuji Yuan of Fufu, where he was relieved and attained sudden awakening. He took a vow not to involve himself with worldly affairs. Yet, in guiding people skillfully according to their capacities, those who attained awakening grew more numerous day by day. In this year, an imperial summons was issued to eminent monks across the realm to proceed to the capital to broadly initiate Buddhist rituals. Master Bai'an Jin first recommended the master. Soon, he excused himself due to a foot ailment and returned. One day at dawn, he suddenly told the assembly: "I am leaving." When the attendant requested a gāthā, he said with a stern voice: "Isn't what I normally speak it?" He then lowered his eyelids and passed away. After cremation, his parietal bone, teeth, and tongue were not destroyed. His age was seventy-one, and his monastic age was fifty-eight. Hu Qiubi of Ganshang painted the master's portrait, which people of Japan purchased to take home for veneration. The *Tianzhen yulu* (*Recorded Sayings of Tianzhen*) circulates in the world. Zhang Zhengchang was appointed Perfected One (Zhenren), removing his title of Celestial Master (Tianshi). The Emperor said to his ministers: "The most venerable is only Heaven; how could it have a master? To use this as a title is utterly profane." The Seal of the Celestial Master was altered to the Seal of the Perfected One. In the *jiyou* year, the second year of Hongwu, in the first month, the City God deities of the capital and throughout the realm were enfeoffed. An order was given to sacrifice to the deities of the Five Sacred Peaks, the Five Strongholds, the Four Waterways, and the Four Seas across the empire. The sacrificial rites for the various deities were determined. The mourning attire regulations for officials and commoners were determined.