釋鑑稽古略續集 2.182

2.182

遂初法師　諱紹宗。號遂初。上海陳氏。十三出家於松江安國寺。得法於靜菴鎮法師。天資頴悟戒行精嚴。初說法於長慶。次遷吳興慈咸。大展玄風緇素嚮化。洪武癸酉應召。有事廬山奏對稱旨。賜金縷僧伽黎。擢右講經陞右善世。是年月日示疾而逝。

Dharma Master Suichu, whose taboo name was Shaozong and style name was Suichu, was of the Chen family of Shanghai. At the age of thirteen, he left household life at Anguo Monastery in Songjiang and received the Dharma from Dharma Master Jing'an Zhen. He had a naturally brilliant intellect, and his precept conduct was refined and strict. He first expounded the Dharma at Changqing, and later moved to Cixian in Wuxing, greatly displaying the profound tradition so that both monastics and laity turned toward him for conversion. In the gui-you year of the Hongwu era, he responded to an imperial summons, and having business at Mount Lu, his responses to imperial queries pleased the Emperor. He was bestowed a gold-threaded saṃghāṭī, promoted to Right Expositor of the Sūtras, and elevated to Right Exalter of the World. On a certain day of this month, he manifested illness and passed away.