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時若耶山有帛道猷者，本姓馮，山陰人，少以篇牘著稱。性率素，好丘壑，一吟一詠，有濠上之風。與道壹經有講筵之遇，後與壹書云：「始得優遊山林之下，縱心孔釋之書，觸興為詩，陵峯採藥，服餌蠲痾，樂有餘也。但不與足下同日，以此為恨耳。因有詩曰：連峰數千里，修林帶平津。雲過遠山翳，風至梗荒榛。茅茨隱不見，鷄鳴知有人。閑步踐其逕，處處見遺薪。始知百代下，故有上皇民。」壹既得書，有契心抱，乃東適耶溪，與道猷相會，定於林下。於是縱情塵外，以經書自娛。頃之，郡守瑯瑘王薈於邑西起嘉祥寺，以壹之風德高遠，請居僧首。壹乃抽六物遺於寺，造金牒千像。壹既博通內外，又律行清嚴，故四遠僧尼，咸依附諮稟，時人號曰「九州都維那」。後暫往吳之虎丘山，以晉隆安中遇疾而卒，即葬於山南，春秋七十有一矣。孫綽為之贊曰：「馳詞說言，因緣不虛，惟茲壹公，綽然有餘。譬若春圃，載芬載譽，條被猗蔚，枝𠏉森疎。」

At that time, on Mount Ruoye, there was Bo Daoyou, originally surnamed Feng, a man of Shanyin, who had been renowned for his literary compositions from his youth. Plain and unconstrained by nature, he loved hills and ravines, and in every chanting and reciting, he possessed the air of Zhuangzi by the Hao River. He had once encountered Daoyi on the lecture platform, and later sent a letter to Yi, saying: 'I have only just attained the leisure to roam through mountain forests, indulging my mind in the writings of Confucius and Śākya, composing poems whenever inspired, climbing peaks to gather herbs, and taking medicinal compounds to eliminate sickness—my joy is more than abundant. It is only that I cannot share these days with you, which I regard as a regret.' He also included a poem: 'Continuous peaks stretch for thousands of li; / Long forests skirt the flat ford. / Clouds pass, obscuring distant mountains; / Wind arrives, rustling the wild thickets. / Thatched huts are hidden from view, / Yet a rooster’s crow tells that people dwell here. / Walking at leisure along the pathway, / Leftover firewood is seen everywhere. / Only now do I know that a hundred generations later, / People of the High Sovereigns still remain.' When Yi received the letter, it resonated with his own aspirations, so he went east to the Ye Stream, met with Daoyou, and settled under the grove. Thereupon, giving free rein to his feelings beyond the worldly dust, he delighted himself with sūtras and books. Shortly afterward, Wang Hui of Langya, the commandery governor, built Jiaxiang Temple west of the city; because Yi's conduct and virtue were lofty and far-reaching, he invited him to serve as head of the saṃgha. Yi then gave up his six personal requisites to donate to the temple and cast a thousand images on gold plaques. Since Yi was thoroughly versed in both inner and outer learning, and his observance of the Vinaya was pure and strict, monks and nuns from all directions relied on him and sought his instruction; the people of the time called him the 'Karmadāna of the Nine Provinces'. Later, he temporarily went to Mount Huqiu in Wu, and during the Long'an era of the Jin he fell ill and died, being buried on the south of the mountain at the age of seventy-one. Sun Chuo composed a eulogy for him, saying: 'He was swift in eloquence and exposition, / His karmic conditions were never in vain; / Only this Master Yi / Had ease and plenty to spare. / Like a spring garden, / Carrying both fragrance and acclaim, / Its branches richly luxuriant, / Its trunk and boughs towering and distinct.'