釋鑑稽古略續集 2.61

2.61

竹菴法師　諱壞渭。字清遠。號竹菴。南昌魏氏子。廣智全悟之甥。而即其法嗣也。生時有靈芝產於庭槐。占者謂。靈秀所凝之瑞。全悟挽致座下。訓導成材。喜曰。此吾宗千里駒也一時名公縉紳。相與盤桓爭歆慕之曰。此文龍而義虎也。後出世主會稽之寶相杭之報國湖之道場。為法求人無少懈退。洪武初。四眾請住淨慈禪林。及鍾山無遮法會。師亦承詔而赴。退居梁渚乃全悟。藏爪髮之地也。是年十二月十六日奄忽而終。壽五十九。臘四十。舍利祔葬爪髮塔之側。四會有錄。詩文外集所書草隷俱精善。鼓栞曰是皆般若所寓也。

Dharma Master Zhu'an: Taboo name Huaiwei, courtesy name Qingyuan, sobriquet Zhu'an, a son of the Wei family of Nanchang. He was the nephew of Guangzhi Quanwu, and also his Dharma heir. When he was born, a numinous mushroom grew on a scholar tree in the courtyard. A diviner said it was an auspicious sign formed of condensed numinous refinement. Quanwu drew him to his seat and instructed him to become a person of talent, rejoicing: 'This is the thousand-li steed of our school!' The famous dukes and scholar-officials of the time lingered with him, vying to admire him, saying: 'This is a literary dragon and a doctrinal tiger.' Later, appearing in the world, he presided over Baoxiang in Kuaiji, Baoguo in Hangzhou, and Daochang in Huzhou. In seeking people for the Dharma, he never showed the slightest slackening. In the early Hongwu era, the fourfold assembly invited him to reside at the Jingci Chan Forest; and when the unhindered Dharma assembly of Mount Zhong took place, the master also attended in response to the imperial decree. He retired to Liangzhu, which was the place where Quanwu's hair and nails were interred. On the sixteenth day of the twelfth month of that year, he passed away suddenly. His age was fifty-nine, and his monastic age was forty. His relics were buried beside the Stūpa of Nails and Hair. There are recorded sayings from four assemblies; his outer collection of poetry and prose, as well as his calligraphy in cursive and clerical scripts, were all exquisite. He struck the armrest and said: 'All of these are lodgments of prajñā.'