釋鑑稽古略續集 3.34

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雪軒禪師　諱道成。字鷲峯。薊北人。參秋江潔公言下會旨。囑曰。是汝本有之事。善自護持。出世萊州之智藏寺。每演法萬指群聚屠沽為之易業。洪武間詔授青州僧都綱。後太祖聞其賢。召為僧錄司右講經。賜金斕衣。住持天界寺。至永樂中。命師往日本闡揚佛化。及歸陞左善世。御製詩章賜之。三坐覺場四會語錄行世。

Chan Master Xuexuan: his taboo name was Daocheng, his style name was Jiufeng, and he was a native of Jibei. He studied under Qiujiang Jie Gong and grasped the essential import upon his words. [Jie] instructed him, saying: 'This is something originally inherent in you; protect and uphold it well.' He appeared in the world [as abbot] at Zhizang Monastery in Laizhou. Whenever he expounded the Dharma, tens of thousands gathered, and butchers and vintners changed their occupations because of him. During the Hongwu era, an imperial decree appointed him Buddhist Superior of Qingzhou. Later, Taizu heard of his virtue and summoned him to serve as Right Expositor of the Sūtras in the Central Buddhist Registry, bestowing upon him a gold-brocade robe, and made him abbot of Tianjie Monastery. In the Yongle era, the emperor ordered the master to go to Japan to propagate Buddhist transformation. Upon his return, he was promoted to Left Exalter of the World, and imperial poetic compositions were bestowed upon him. His three sessions on the seat of awakening and four recorded sayings of assemblies circulate in the world.