高僧傳 4.19

4.19

竺潛，字法深，姓王，瑯瑘人，晉丞相武昌郡公敦之弟也。年十八出家，事中州劉元真為師。元真早有才解之譽，故孫綽贊曰：「索索虛衿，翳翳閑沖，誰其體之，在我劉公。談能彫飾，照足開矇，懷抱之內，豁爾每融。」潛伏膺已後，剪削浮華，崇本務學，微言興化，譽洽西朝，風姿容貌，堂堂如也。

Zhu Qian, whose courtesy name was Fashen, was surnamed Wang and was a native of Langye; he was the younger brother of Dun, Duke of Wuchang Commandery and Chancellor of the Jin dynasty. At the age of eighteen he underwent pravrajyā, serving Liu Yuanzhen of the Central Region as his teacher. Yuanzhen early on enjoyed a reputation for talent and understanding; therefore Sun Chuo's eulogy says: / "Aloof with an empty bosom, / Placid, untroubled, and profound, / Who has embodied this? / It is our Lord Liu! / His discourse was capable of elegant ornamentation, / His illumination sufficient to open the ignorant; / Within his embrace, / All was always vast and harmonious." / After Qian submitted to him, he pruned away superficialities, venerated the root, and applied himself to learning; by subtle words he initiated transformation, and his reputation permeated the Western Court, his bearing and countenance being magnificent and imposing.