高僧傳 4.39

4.39

于道邃，燉煌人，少而失蔭，叔親養之，邃孝敬竭誠，若奉其母。至年十六出家，事蘭公為弟子。學業高明，內外該覽，善方藥，美書札，洞諳殊俗，尤巧談論。護公常稱邃高簡雅素，有古人之風，若不無方，為大法梁棟矣。後與簡公俱過江，謝慶緒大相推重。性好山澤，在東多遊履名山。為人不屑毀譽，未嘗以塵近經抱。後隨蘭適西域，於交趾遇疾而終，春秋三十有一矣。郗超圖寫其形，支遁著銘贊曰：「英英上人，識通理清。朗質玉瑩，德音蘭馨。」孫綽以邃比阮咸，或曰：「咸有累騎之譏，邃有清冷之譽，何得為匹？」孫綽曰：「雖迹有窪隆，高風一也。」〈喻道論〉云：「近洛中有竺法行，談者以方樂令；江南有于道邃，識者以對勝流。」皆當時共所見聞，非同志之私譽也。

Yu Daosui was a native of Dunhuang. Losing his father at a young age, he was raised by his paternal uncle; Sui served him with the utmost filial devotion and sincerity, as though attending his own mother. At the age of sixteen, he left home and served Master Lan as his disciple. His learning was exalted and brilliant, thoroughly encompassing internal and external teachings; he was adept in medicines and prescriptions, possessed fine calligraphy, thoroughly understood foreign customs, and was especially skilled in conversation and debate. Master Hu [Dharmarakṣa] often praised Sui as being lofty, simple, and elegant, having the demeanor of the ancients, and said that if he did not lack life [ahead], he would become a pillar and beam of the Great Dharma. Later, he crossed the Yangtze along with Master Jian, and Xie Qingxu greatly esteemed him. By nature, he loved mountains and marshes, and while in the east, he frequently visited famous mountains. In character, he was indifferent to praise or blame, and never let worldly affairs enter his mind. Later, he followed Lan toward the Western Regions; he fell ill in Jiaozhi and died at the age of thirty-one. Xi Chao painted his portrait, and Zhi Dun composed an inscribed eulogy, saying: 'Splendid and preeminent master, his understanding was penetrating and his reason clear. Pure in substance as gleaming jade, his virtuous renown fragrant as the orchid.' Sun Chuo compared Sui to Ruan Xian; someone said: 'Xian incurred the reproach of having a burdened steed, whereas Sui had the reputation of purity and coolness; how can they be matched?' Sun Chuo said: 'Although their visible traces had troughs and peaks, their lofty style was one.' The 'Treatise on Explaining the Way' (Yudao lun) says: 'Recently in Luoyang there was Zhu Faxing, whom conversationalists equated with Director Yue; south of the Yangtze there was Yu Daosui, whom discerning men paired with the preeminent elite.' These were both what the people of that time saw and heard together, not the private praise of fellow partisans.