釋鑑稽古略續集 3.85

3.85

釋應能　實建文帝也。自出家後。經湘湖入蜀至雲南。復遊閩。後入廣西橫州南門壽佛寺。居十五年。陞座說法。歸者甚眾。復往南寧居一寺中。歸者亦然。是時思恩知州岑瑛出行。忽一僧當道立。從者呵之。師自稱為建文帝遊方至此。今老矣。欲送骸骨歸帝鄉。瑛大駭聞於巡按御史奏之。驛送赴京。號為老[價-貝+天]。途次賦詩云。流落江湖四十秋。歸來不覺雪盈頭。乾坤有限家何在。江漢無情水自流。長樂宮中雲影暗。昭陽殿裏雨聲愁。新蒲細柳年年綠。野老吞聲哭來休。弘治中。追諡恭仁康定景皇帝。

Shi Yingneng was in fact the Jianwen Emperor. After leaving home, he passed through the Xiang and Hu regions, entered Shu, and reached Yunnan; he then traveled through Min, and later entered the Shoufosi Monastery at the South Gate of Hengzhou in Guangxi. He resided there for fifteen years, ascending the high seat to expound the Dharma, and those who took refuge in him were very numerous. He then went to Nanning and resided in a monastery, where those taking refuge were likewise numerous. At this time, Cen Ying, Prefect of Si'en, was traveling when suddenly a monk stood blocking the road. His attendants scolded him, but the Master identified himself as the Jianwen Emperor who had wandered to this place; being old now, he wished to have his bones sent back to the imperial capital. Ying was greatly shocked and reported the matter to the Investigating Censor, who memorialized it. He was sent by courier station to the capital and called "the old monk." Along the way, he composed a poem:
"Drifting through rivers and lakes for forty autumns,
Returning without realizing my head is full of snow.
Heaven and earth have their bounds, yet where is my home?
Jiang and Han are heartless, their waters flowing on.
In the Changle Palace, cloud shadows darken;
In the Zhaoyang Hall, the sound of rain brings sorrow.
Fresh rushes and slender willows turn green year after year;
A rustic old man swallows his voice, crying without end."
During the Hongzhi era, he was posthumously granted the posthumous name Emperor Jing, Respectful, Benevolent, Peaceful, and Steadfast.