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後劉思考臨州，大設法祀，請汪講說，迺應請，或問：「法師常誓守靖，何以虧節？」答曰：「劉公篤信，方欲大法憑之，何辭小勞耶？」先是峽中人，每於石岸之側，見神光夜發。思考以大明之中，請汪於光處起寺。即崖鐫像，因險立室。行途瞻仰，咸發淨心。後王景茂請居武擔寺為僧主，勗眾清謹，白黑歸依。以宋泰始元年卒於所住，顧命令闍維之。劉思考為起塔於武擔寺門之右。景和元年，蕭慧開西鎮成都，承汪高譽，思共講道。行至中途，聞汪已逝，迺歎曰：「惜也，吾不及其人。文舉之追康成，曾何足道？」其為時賢所惜如此。

Later, when Liu Sikao governed the province, he held a grand Dharma ceremony and invited Daowang to preach. Daowang accepted the invitation. Someone asked: "The Dharma Master has always vowed to keep to solitude; why break your principle?" He replied: "Lord Liu's faith is deep and sincere, and he wishes to rely on the great Dharma; why should I refuse a small effort?" Prior to this, people in the gorges often saw divine light appear at night along the rocky riverbank. During the Daming era, Liu Sikao invited Daowang to build a temple where the light had shone. They carved images into the cliff and erected buildings along the precipice. Travelers looking up were all inspired with pure devotion. Later, Wang Jingmao invited him to reside at Wudan Temple as the leader of the monastic community, where he encouraged the assembly to be pure and prudent, and both monastics and laity took refuge in him. In the first year of the Taishi era of the Song, he died at his residence and left instructions for his cremation (jhāpita). Liu Sikao erected a stūpa for him to the right of the gate of Wudan Temple. In the first year of Jinghe, when Xiao Huikai was sent west to garrison Chengdu, he heard of Daowang's great reputation and wished to discuss the Way with him. Traveling midway, he heard that Daowang had already passed away and sighed: "Alas! I did not reach this man in time. What was Kong Rong's pursuit of Zheng Xuan compared to this?" Such was the regret of the worthy men of the era.