高僧傳 7.33

7.33

釋慧靜，姓王，東阿人。少遊學伊、洛之間，晚歷徐、兗。容貌甚黑，而識悟清遠。時洛中有沙門道經，亦解邁當世，與靜齊名，而耳甚長大，故時人語曰：「洛下大長耳，東阿黑如墨。有問無不酬，有酬無不塞。」靜至性虛通，澄審有思力，每法輪一轉，輒負帙千人，海內學賓，無不必集。誦《法華》、《小品》，註《維摩》、《思益》，著〈涅槃略記〉、〈大品旨歸〉及〈達命論〉，并諸法師誄。多流傳北土，不甚過江。宋元嘉中卒，春秋六十餘矣。

Shi Huijing, whose surname was Wang, was a native of Dong'e. In his youth he traveled to study between the Yi and Luo rivers, and later passed through Xu and Yan. His complexion was very dark, but his understanding and awakening were clear and far-reaching. At that time in Luoyang there was the śramaṇa Daojing, who was also exceptionally learned in his generation and was equally famous with [Hui]jing, but his ears were very long and large; hence the people of the time said: 'He of the great, long ears in Luoyang, he who is as black as ink in Dong'e: whatever is asked, neither fails to answer; whatever is answered, neither fails to resolve.' [Hui]jing's innate nature was open and unimpeded, clear, discerning, and powerful in contemplation; each time he turned the wheel of the Dharma, a thousand people carrying book-wrappers would arrive, and students from all over the realm never failed to assemble. He chanted the Lotus Sūtra and the Small Prajñāpāramitā, commented on the Vimalakīrti and the Viśeṣacintī-sūtra, and composed the Niepan lüeji (Brief Record of the Nirvāṇa), Dapin zhigui (Purport of the Large Prajñāpāramitā), Daxing lun (Discourse on Penetrating Destiny), as well as elegies for various Dharma masters. Most of these circulated in the northern lands and did not cross the Yangtze much. He died during the Yuanjia era of the Song, over sixty years of age.