高僧傳 13.45

13.45

釋曇智，姓王，建康人。出家止東安寺。性風流，善舉止。能談莊老，經論書史，多所綜涉。既有高亮之聲，雅好轉讀。雖依擬前宗，而獨拔新異。高調清徹，寫送有餘。宋孝武、蕭思話、王僧虔等，並深加識重。僧虔臨湘州，携與同行。蕭守吳，復招同入。齊永明五年卒於吳國，年七十九。

Śramaṇa Tanzhi, whose secular surname was Wang, was a native of Jiankang. Having left home, he resided at Dong'an Temple. He was by nature refined and graceful, skilled in his comportment. He could converse on Zhuangzi and Laozi, and broadly surveyed sūtras, treatises, histories, and documents. Blessed with a high and resonant voice, he was exceedingly fond of scripture recitation. Though he modelled himself on earlier masters, he stood out uniquely with fresh novelty. His high tones were limpid and penetrating, and his melismatic transitions were more than ample. Emperor Xiaowu of Song, Xiao Sihua, Wang Sengqian, and others all deeply valued and respected him. When Sengqian presided over Xiangzhou, he brought Tanzhi with him. When Xiao governed Wu, he again invited him to join. Tanzhi died in the state of Wu in the fifth year of Yongming of the Qi [487 CE] at the age of seventy-nine.