高僧傳 12.4

12.4

釋僧群，未詳何許人。清貧守節，蔬食誦經。後遷居羅江縣之霍山，構立茅室。山孤在海中，上有石盂，逕數丈許，水深六七尺，常有清流。古老相傳云，是群仙所宅。群飲水不飢，因絕粒。後晉安太守陶夔，聞而索之。群以水遺夔，出山輒臭，如此三四。夔躬自越海，天甚晴霽，及至山，風雨晦暝，停數日，竟不得至，迺歎曰：「俗內凡夫，遂為賢聖所隔。」慨恨而返。

Shi Sengqun: it is not known where he was from. He was pure and poor, maintaining moral discipline, eating vegetarian food, and reciting sūtras. Later he moved to Mount Huo in Luojiang County, where he built a thatched hut. The mountain stood isolated in the sea; atop it was a stone basin several zhang across, with water six or seven chi deep, continuously flowing with clear water. The elders handed down the tradition that this was the dwelling of immortals. Sengqun drank the water and felt no hunger, so he gave up grain. Later, Tao Kui, the Grand Administrator of Jin'an, heard of this and sought some. Sengqun sent Kui the water, but as soon as it left the mountain it turned foul; this happened three or four times. Kui crossed the sea in person; the sky was very clear and sunny, but when he reached the mountain, wind and rain made it dark and overcast. He stayed for several days, but ultimately could not reach the summit, whereupon he sighed, 'A worldly mortal is, in the end, blocked from the sages and worthies!' and returned with regret.