高僧傳 4.24

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支遁，字道林，本姓關氏，陳留人，或云河東林慮人。幼有神理，聰明秀徹。初至京師，太原王濛甚重之，曰：「造微之功，不減輔嗣。」陳郡殷融嘗與衛玠交，謂其神情俊徹，後進莫有繼之者。及見遁，歎息以為重見若人。家世事佛，早悟非常之理。隱居餘杭山，深思《道行》之品，委曲《慧印》之經，卓焉獨拔，得自天心。年二十五出家，每至講肆，善標宗會，而章句或有所遺，時為守文者所陋。謝安聞而善之，曰：「此乃九方堙之相馬也，略其玄黃，而取其駿逸。」王洽、劉恢、殷浩、許詢、郗超、孫綽、桓彥表、王敬仁、何次道、王文度、謝長遐、袁彥伯等，並一代名流，皆著塵外之狎。

Zhi Dun, styled Daolin, originally surnamed Guan, was a man of Chenliu, or as some say, of Linlü in Hedong. In his youth he possessed spiritual insight and was brilliantly perceptive and exceptionally sharp. When he first arrived at the capital, Wang Meng of Taiyuan esteemed him greatly, saying: 'His skill in attaining the subtle is no less than that of [Wang] Fusi.' Yin Rong of Chen Commandery once associated with Wei Jie, praising Wei's spirit and intelligence as outstanding and clear, unmatched by any among the younger generation. Upon meeting Dun, he sighed, considering that he had met such a person once again. His family had served the Buddha for generations, and he early awakened to the truth of impermanence. While living in seclusion in Mount Yuhang, he pondered deeply upon the 'Daoxing' chapter [of the Prajñāpāramitā] and thoroughly investigated the scripture of the Huiyin [Buddhapratijñāmudrā-sūtra]; standing out uniquely, his insights came from his innate celestial nature. At the age of twenty-five he took pravrajyā. Whenever he attended a lecture platform, he was adept at highlighting the overarching essentials; although he occasionally neglected textual details and sentences, for which he was looked down upon by literalists of the time, Xie An heard of it and praised him, saying: 'This is Jiufang Gao's way of appraising horses: overlooking their color and grasping their swift excellence.' Wang Qia, Liu Hui, Yin Hao, Xu Xun, Xi Chao, Sun Chuo, Huan Yanbiao, Wang Jingren, He Cidao, Wang Wendu, Xie Changxia, Yuan Yanbo, and others—all celebrities of their generation—formed intimate bonds with him beyond the mundane dust.