釋鑑稽古略續集 2.161

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癸酉洪武二十六年。嚴震直述浦江鄭濟。及同里王勳二家。累世同居。家世孝友於上。特詔褒異。除二人左右春坊庶子　正月初三日。大龍興寺住持僧祖儁等。赴京賀正辭回。司禮監官魯梯傳聖旨。住持僧賞五錠。散僧每名二錠。教禮部補本欽此　賜西番國師詔曰。佛教興於西土。善因博被華夷。雖無律以繩頑。惟仁心而是則。大矣哉。妙覺難窮。昔從斯道者頓悟三空。脫塵淪而出苦趣。永離幽冥。使生者懷而死者慕。豈不聖人者歟。邇來西番入貢。有僧公哥監藏巳藏卜。乃昔元八思巴帝師之後人云。踵師之道深通奧典。獨志尤堅。化愚頑以從善。起仁心以滌愆。雖是遙聞。特加爾圓智妙覺弘教大國師。統治僧民。名當時之善人。永為教中之稱首。於戲寂寞山房。儔青燈而讀誦。觀皓月以吟風。疊膝盤陀之上。草衣木食。方契善符。

In the gui-you year, the twenty-sixth year of the Hongwu era [1393 CE], Yan Zhenzhi reported on the two families of Zheng Ji and Wang Xun in Pujiang of the same village, who had lived together for generations, their families being filial and fraternal for generations. The Emperor issued a special imperial edict praising them as exceptional, appointing the two men as Left and Right Assistants of the Spring Supervisorate. On the third day of the first month, the abbot monk Zujun and others of the Dalongxing Monastery went to the capital to offer New Year congratulations and take their leave to return. The Directorate of Ceremonial official Lu Ti conveyed an imperial decree: "Reward the abbot monk with five ingots, and ordinary monks with two ingots each. Let the Ministry of Rites submit a supplementary memorial. Respect this." An edict bestowed upon the National Preceptor of the Western Regions stated: "Buddhism flourished in the western land, and good causes have broadly covered both Chinese and foreigners. Although there are no penal laws to discipline the recalcitrant, benevolent intent alone serves as the standard. How great! Marvellous awakening is difficult to fathom. In the past, those who followed this path had an instantaneous awakening to the three kinds of emptiness, cast off worldly transmigration, emerged from the miserable destinies, and forever departed from the dark realms, causing the living to cherish them and the dead to revere them. Are they not sages? Recently, when the Western Regions came to offer tribute, there was a monk named Gungya-gyantsan-isizanbu, who is said to be a descendant of the Imperial Preceptor Phags-pa of the former Yuan. He continues his master's path, profoundly comprehending the profound scriptures, and his single-minded resolve is exceptionally steadfast, converting the foolish and recalcitrant to follow goodness, and arousing a benevolent mind to cleanse their transgressions. Although this has only reached Our ears from afar, We specially confer upon you the title of Great National Preceptor of Perfect Wisdom, Marvellous Awakening, and Great Propagation of the Teaching, to govern both monks and laypeople, to be renowned as a good man of the present age, and to serve forever as the chief exemplar within the teaching. Ah! In a lonely mountain room, with the companion of a blue lamp you read and recite; viewing the bright moon, you chant in the breeze. Crossing your legs upon a flat boulder, clad in grass and eating from trees, only then do you correspond to the talisman of goodness."