高僧傳 6.37

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釋慧持者，慧遠之弟也。沖默有遠量。年十四學讀書，一日所得，當他一旬。善文史，巧才製。年十八出家，與兄共伏事道安法師。遍學眾經，遊刃三藏。及安在襄陽遣遠東下，持亦俱行。初憩荊州上明寺，後適廬山，皆隨遠共止。持形長八尺，風神俊爽，常躡革屣，納衣半脛。廬山徒屬，莫匪英秀，往反三千，皆以持為稱首。

Shi Huichi was Huiyuan's younger brother. He was placid, reserved, and had great magnanimity. At the age of fourteen he began to read texts, and what he mastered in a single day was equivalent to another's ten days. He was well-versed in literature and history, and possessed skill in composition. At the age of eighteen he entered the monastic life (pravrajyā) and, together with his elder brother, served Dharma Master Dao'an with devotion. He extensively studied various sūtras, wielding his blade with ease through the Tripiṭaka. When Dao'an, while in Xiangyang, dispatched Huiyuan down eastward, Huichi went with him as well. At first they rested at Shangming Temple in Jingzhou, and later went to Mount Lu, Huichi always accompanying Huiyuan and residing with him. Huichi was eight chi tall, with an outstanding and brisk demeanor; he often wore leather sandals, and his patched monastic robe came down halfway along his shins. Among the disciples on Mount Lu, not one was not an outstanding talent, and of the three thousand coming and going, all considered Huichi their foremost.