高僧傳 6.28

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後桓玄征殷仲堪，軍經廬山，要遠出虎溪。遠稱疾不堪。玄自入山，左右謂玄曰：「昔殷仲堪入山禮遠，願公勿敬之。」玄答：「何有此理！仲堪本死人耳。」及至見遠，不覺致敬。玄問：「不敢毀傷，何以剪削？」遠答云：「立身行道。」玄稱善，所懷問難，不敢復言，乃說征討之意。遠不答。玄又問：「何以見願？」遠云：「願檀越安隱，使彼亦無他。」玄出山謂左右曰：「實乃生所未見。」玄後以震主之威，苦相延致，乃貽書騁說，勸令登仕。遠答辭堅正，確乎不拔，志踰丹石，終莫能迴。俄而玄欲沙汰眾僧，教僚屬曰：「沙門有能申述經誥，暢說義理，或禁行修整，足以宣寄大化，其有違於此者，悉皆罷遣。唯廬山道德所居，不在搜簡之例。」遠與玄書曰：「佛教凌遲，穢雜日久，每一尋至，慨憤盈懷。常恐運出非意，淪湑將及。竊見清澄諸道人教，實應其本心。夫涇以渭分，則清濁殊勢；枉以直正，則不仁自遠。此命既行，必一理斯得，然後令飾偽者絕假通之路，懷真者無負俗之嫌。道世交興，三寶復隆矣。」因廣立條制，玄從之。

Later, Huan Xuan launched an expedition against Yin Zhongkan. His army passed by Mount Lu, and he invited Huiyuan to come out beyond Tiger Creek. Huiyuan claimed illness and said he was unable. Huan Xuan entered the mountain himself. His attendants said to Huan Xuan: "In the past, when Yin Zhongkan entered the mountain, he paid homage to Huiyuan. We hope your lordship will not revere him." Huan Xuan replied: "How could there be such a thing! Zhongkan was fundamentally just a dead man." When he saw Huiyuan, he unconsciously paid his respects. Huan Xuan asked: "[The Classics say] one dares not damage [the body]; why have you shaved your hair?" Huiyuan replied: "To establish oneself and practice the Way." Huan Xuan praised him. The difficult questions he had harbored he dared not speak of again, and instead spoke of his intentions for the military expedition. Huiyuan did not reply. Huan Xuan asked again: "What is your wish for me?" Huiyuan said: "I wish that the dānapati remain safe and sound, and that the other party also come to no harm." When Huan Xuan left the mountain, he said to his attendants: "He is truly someone I have never seen before in my life." Later, relying on his authority that shook the sovereign, Huan Xuan pressed hard to recruit him, sending a letter with persuasive rhetoric urging him to enter official service. Huiyuan's reply was firm and upright, unshakable and steadfast; his resolve surpassed cinnabar and stone, and in the end he could not be swayed. Soon after, Huan Xuan wished to purge the saṃgha, and instructed his subordinates: "Śramaṇas who are able to expound the scriptures and teachings, clearly explain the principles, or whose disciplined conduct is refined and upright, sufficient to proclaim and transmit the great transformation—all those who fall short of this shall be dismissed and sent away. Only Mount Lu, being the dwelling of virtue and the Way, is not subject to search and selection." Huiyuan sent a letter to Huan Xuan, saying: "The Buddha's teachings have fallen into decline; defilement and corruption have persisted for a long time. Every time I reflect upon this, grief and indignation fill my breast. I have always feared that an unintended turn of fortune would come, and destruction would soon follow. I have observed your directive to cleanse the men of the Way, and it truly accords with the original intention. When the Jing and Wei rivers part, the clear and turbid take different courses; when the crooked is straightened by the upright, the unbenevolent naturally keep their distance. Once this order is executed, unity of principle will surely be attained. Then those who feign and deceive will have their paths of pretense cut off, while those who cherish the truth will have no shame before the world. The Way and the secular will flourish together, and the Three Jewels will once more prosper." He then laid out detailed regulations, which Huan Xuan followed.