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高僧傳 4.22

高僧傳 4.22

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4.22

時仰山復有竺法友,志業強正,博通眾典,嘗從深受《阿毘曇》,一宿便誦。深曰:「經目則諷,見稱昔人,若能仁更興大晉者,必取汝為五百之一也。」年二十四,便能講說。後立剡縣城南臺寺焉。

At that time on Mount Yang there was also Zhu Fayou, whose resolve and practice were strong and upright, and who was widely versed in numerous scriptures; he once received the Abhidharma from Shen, and after a single night was able to recite it by heart. Shen said, "'Memorizing upon merely passing one's eyes over it' was praised by the ancients; if the Capable and Benevolent One (Śākyamuni) were to arise again in the Great Jin, he would surely take you as one of the five hundred." At the age of twenty-four, he was already able to lecture and expound. Later he founded the Nantai Monastery to the south of Shan County town.

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