釋鑑稽古略續集 2.58

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德隱禪師　諱普仁。字德隱。蘭溪趙族。母楊。師生有出塵之思。十歲依秋潭月公出家。俾師習儒釋諸書。師能領解義趣。十四祝髮受具戒。二十造謁了然義公機鋒觸發。至湖之道場見東陽輝公。武林雙徑見南楚說公古鼎銘公。無不改容禮敬。再叩月江印公。雲外岫公。相與徵辨無虛日。次與覺隱誠公笑隱訴公為最密。語不能休。出世金華淨土禪寺。大明洪武詔住詔之南華杭之中竺。皆力辭不赴。後住淨慈開堂說法。興壞起廢終罹誣咎。忽示疾而逝。實八月八日也。壽六十四臘五十。有山居詩三會語錄傳世。

Chan Master Deyin: Taboo name Puren, courtesy name Deyin, of the Zhao clan of Lanxi. His mother was of the Yang clan. When the master was born, he had thoughts of transcending the dust of the world. At age ten, he became a novice under the Venerable Qiutan Yue, who had the master study various Confucian and Buddhist texts; the master was able to comprehend their purports and ideas. At fourteen, he tonsured his hair and received the complete precepts. At twenty, he called upon the Venerable Liaoran Yi, and his dynamic faculties were sparked and activated. Coming to Daochang in Huzhou, he met the Venerable Dongyang Hui; at the Twin Jing of Wulin, he met the Venerable Nanchu Shuo and the Venerable Guding Ming, none of whom failed to change their expressions and pay him respectful homage. He again consulted the Venerable Yuejiang Yin and the Venerable Yunwai Xiu, engaging with them in daily examinations and debates without an empty day. Next, he became closest with the Venerable Jueyin Cheng and the Venerable Xiaoyin Su, talking with them incessantly. He appeared in the world [as abbot] of the Pure Land Chan Monastery in Jinhua. Under the Great Ming, in the Hongwu era, decrees ordered him to reside as abbot at Nanhua in Shaozhou and Zhongzhu in Hangzhou, but he firmly declined and did not assume the posts. Later, he resided at Jingci, opening the hall to expound the Dharma, reviving what had deteriorated and raising what had been abandoned, yet in the end he suffered from false accusations. Suddenly he manifested illness and passed away. It was indeed on the eighth day of the eighth month. His worldly age was sixty-four, and his monastic age was fifty. His 'Poems of Mountain Dwelling' and recorded sayings from three assemblies have been transmitted to the world.