釋鑑稽古略續集 2.150

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澹居禪師　諱至仁。字行中。號澹居。又號熙怡叟。番陽人。姓吳。侍報恩寺真牧純公得度。自幼識見卓頴。指空上人嘆曰。再世人天師也。令參元叟。留侍香掌外記。叟喜謂曰。仁書記。虎而翼者也。出世德章崇報萬壽等剎。宋學士稱之曰。虎丘尊者名浮屠。見性烱如摩尼珠。洪武初。皇上問以鬼神之理。師以佛旨為書而對。上悅。臨終索紙書偈而逝。壽七十四。臘六十七。三月十九忌辰也。

Chan Master Danju, taboo name Zhiren, styled Xingzhong, sobriquet Danju, and also named Xiyi Sou, was a native of Poyang with the surname Wu. He attended Master Chun of Zhenmu at Bao'en Monastery and received ordination. From childhood, his discernment was outstanding and lofty. Master Zhikong sighed in admiration: 'He is a teacher of gods and humans born anew!' and bade him study under Yuansou. Yuansou kept him as his incense-attendant and had him manage external records. Yuansou said to him with delight: 'Secretary Ren is a tiger with wings.' He appeared in the world at monasteries such as Dezhang, Chongbao, and Wanshou. Academician Song praised him, saying: 'The venerable of Huqiu, a famous monk, / sees into nature as clearly as a mani pearl.' In the early Hongwu era, the Emperor inquired of him about the principles of ghosts and spirits, and the Master replied with a composition based on the Buddha's teachings; the Emperor was pleased. Nearing the end, he asked for paper, wrote a gāthā, and passed away at the age of seventy-four, with sixty-seven monastic years, on the nineteenth day of the third month, his death anniversary.