釋鑑稽古略續集 1.68

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Chan Master Jixiang was the śramaṇa Puxi, styled Jixiang, of Puzhao Monastery in Zhenjiang, a native of Shandong. He exhaustively investigated the characteristics school of Ci'en, and studied such treatises as the Vijñaptimātratā, the Yogācārabhūmi, and Hetuvidyā. In this year, Shizu newly established imperial lecturing halls in Jiang-Huai, of which Puzhao was one, and decreed that the Master take charge of it. Apart from ascending the high seat, he daily recited the great Avataṃsaka Sūtra, taking ten fascicles as his regular task. Later he entered cessation, and his cremation yielded abundant relics. A pagoda was erected in Dantu. Many people of Zhenjiang painted his image and offered sacrifices to him, calling him the 'Ancient Buddha Jixiang'.