高僧傳 4.15

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朗弟子令韶，其先雁門人，姓呂，少遊獵，後發心出家，事朗為師。思學有功，特善禪數，每入定，或數日不起。後移柳泉山，鑿穴宴坐。朗終後刻木為像，朝夕禮事。孫綽〈正像論〉云：「呂韶凝神於中山。」即其人也。

Lang's disciple Lingshao had ancestors from Yanmen and was surnamed Lü. In his youth he roamed about hunting, but later set his heart on undergoing pravrajyā, serving Lang as his teacher. His reflections and study were fruitful, and he was especially skilled in dhyāna and numerical analysis; whenever he entered meditative absorption, he would sometimes not rise for several days. Later he moved to Mount Liuquan, where he hollowed out a cave to sit in quiet meditation. After Lang passed away, he carved an image of wood and paid homage to it morning and evening. Sun Chuo's Zhengxiang lun (Treatise on the True Image) says: "Lü Shao concentrated his spirit in Zhongshan"—it was this very man.