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及孝建之初，勅王玄謨資發出京。初止新安寺，講《小品》、《十地》，并申頓悟漸悟之旨。時心競之徒，苦相讎校，斌既辭愜理詣，終莫能屈。陳郡袁粲，令望當時，而嘉斌行解，嘗令中書舍人巢尚介意欲試之，斌不為屈，粲迺躬自往候。粲每勸斌數覲天子，斌曰：「貧道方外之人，豈宜與天子同趣。」粲益以高之，後請為母師。宋建平王景素亦諮其戒範。宋元徽中，卒於莊嚴寺，春秋六十有七。

At the beginning of the Xiaojian era, an imperial decree ordered Wang Xuanmo to provide traveling funds to dispatch him to the capital. At first he resided at Xin'an Temple, lecturing on the *Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā* and the *Daśabhūmika-sūtra*, and setting forth the principles of sudden and gradual awakening. At the time, contentious individuals bitterly disputed and cross-examined him, but since Bin's words were apt and his reasoning reached the depths, none could ultimately refute him. Yuan Can of Chen Commandery, who enjoyed a high reputation at that time, admired Bin's conduct and understanding; he once had the Secretariat Drafter Chao Shang deliberate [with Bin] intending to test him, but Bin did not yield, and Can then went in person to visit him. Can often urged Bin to pay frequent visits to the Son of Heaven, but Bin said: "A poor monk is a person outside worldly affairs; how could it be fitting for me to pursue the same interests as the Son of Heaven?" Can esteemed him all the more for this, and later invited him to become his mother's preceptor. King Jingsu of Jianping of the Song dynasty also consulted him on precepts and standards of conduct. In the Yuanhui era of the Song dynasty, he died at Zhuangyan Temple at the age of sixty-seven.