高僧傳 11.10

11.10

赤城山山有孤巖獨立，秀出千雲。猷搏石作梯，升巖宴坐，接竹傳水，以供常用。禪學造者十有餘人。王羲之聞而故往，仰峯高挹，致敬而反。赤城巖與天台瀑布、靈溪四明。並相連屬。而天台懸崖峻峙，峯嶺切天。古老相傳云：上有佳精舍，得道者居之。雖有石橋跨㵎，而橫石斷人，且莓苔青滑，自終古以來，無得至者。猷行至橋所，聞空中聲曰：「知君誠篤，今未得度。却後十年，自當來也。」猷心悵然，夕留中宿，聞行道唱薩之聲。旦復欲前，見一人鬚眉皓白，問猷所之。猷具答意。公曰：「君生死身，何可得去？吾是山神，故相告耳。」猷乃退還。道經一石室，過中憩息。俄而雲霧晦合，室中盡鳴。猷神色無擾。明旦見人著單衣袷來，曰：「此乃僕之所居，昨行不在家中，遂致搔動，大深愧怍。」猷曰：「若是君室，請以相還。」神曰：「僕家室已移，請留令住。」猷停少時。

On Mount Chicheng there was a solitary crag standing alone, towering high into the clouds. Tanyou carved stones to make a ladder, climbed the crag to sit in contemplation, and joined bamboo pipes to bring water for his daily use. More than ten students of dhyāna came to study under him. Wang Xizhi heard of this and went intentionally to visit him; looking up at the peak, he bowed with hands clasped, paid his respects, and returned. The crag of Chicheng connects with the waterfalls of Tiantai, Lingxi, and Siming. Tiantai has sheer overhanging precipices with peaks that touch the sky. An ancient tradition says that on top there is a fine monastery inhabited by those who have attained the Way. Although there is a stone bridge spanning a ravine, a horizontal rock blocks human passage, and the moss is green and slippery, so that since antiquity, no one had been able to reach it. When Tanyou walked to the bridge, he heard a voice in the air say: "I know your sincerity, but today you may not cross. Come back in ten years, and you will naturally be able to." Tanyou felt downcast, and stayed overnight at the spot, where he heard the sounds of circumambulation and the chanting of 'bodhisattva'. At dawn, when he was about to proceed again, he saw a man whose beard and eyebrows were snow-white, who asked Tanyou where he was going. Tanyou told him his intention in full. The old gentleman said: "You possess a mortal body of birth and death; how could you go there? I am the mountain spirit, and therefore tell you this." Tanyou then turned back. On the way, he passed a stone chamber and rested inside. Suddenly, clouds and fog closed in darkly, and the entire chamber resounded with noises. Tanyou's expression remained undisturbed. The next morning, he saw a man wearing an unlined lined-robe approach, who said: "This is my dwelling. Yesterday I was away from home, which resulted in the disturbance; I am deeply ashamed." Tanyou said: "If this is your room, please take it back." The spirit said: "My family has already moved; please remain and dwell here." Tanyou stayed there for a short while.