高僧傳 13.64

13.64

釋道照，姓麴，平西人。少善尺牘，兼博經史，十八出家，止京師祇洹寺。披覽群典，以宣唱為業。音吐寥亮，洗悟塵心，指事適時，言不孤發，獨步於宋代之初。宋武帝嘗於內殿齋，照初夜略敘百年迅速，遷滅俄頃。苦樂參差，必由因召。如來慈應六道，陛下撫矜一切，帝言善久之。齋竟，別䞋三萬。臨川王道規從受五戒，奉為門師。宋元嘉三十年卒，年六十六。照弟子慧明，姓焦，魏郡人。神情俊邁，祖習師風，亦有名當世。

Shi Daozhao, whose secular surname was Qu, was a native of Pingxi. In his youth he excelled at letter-writing and was thoroughly versed in the classics and histories. At eighteen he left household life and stayed at the Jetavana Monastery (Qihuan Temple) in the capital. He examined the various scriptures and made preaching and chanting his profession. His voice was resonant and clear, cleansing and awakening the defiled mind; pointing to matters, he suited the occasion, and his words were never uttered in vain. He was peerless at the beginning of the Song dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Song once held a fast in the inner palace. During the first watch of the night, Daozhao briefly recounted how a hundred years pass swiftly and fleeting demise occurs in an instant; pain and pleasure vary, inevitably summoned by causes; the Tathāgata responds with compassion to the six destinies, and His Majesty pities and nurtures all beings. The Emperor repeatedly praised him for a long time. When the fast concluded, he specially bestowed thirty thousand [cash]. Daogui, Prince of Linchuan, received the five precepts from him and venerated him as his family preceptor. He died in the thirtieth year of the Yuanjia era of the Song (453) at the age of sixty-six. Daozhao's disciple Huiming, whose secular surname was Jiao, was a native of Weijun. Of extraordinary temperament and intellect, he modeled himself on his master's style and was also renowned in his time.