高僧傳 7.76

7.76

釋慧亮，姓姜，先名顯亮，為東阿靖公弟子。少有清譽，時人呼靖為大師，亮為小師。雖年望未逮，而風軌繼之。後立寺於臨淄，講《法華》、大小《品》、《十地》等。學徒雲聚、千里命駕。後過江止何園寺、顏延、張緒眷德留連，每歎曰：「安、汰吐珠玉於前，斌、亮振金聲於後，清言妙緒，將絕復興。」太始之初，莊嚴寺大集，簡閱義士上首千人，勅亮與斌遞為法主，當時宗匠無與競焉。

Shi Huiliang, surnamed Jiang, was formerly named Xianliang, and was a disciple of Master Jing of Dong'e. From his youth he had a pure reputation; people of the time called Jing the Senior Master and Liang the Junior Master. Although his age and standing had not yet matched [Jing's], his demeanor and conduct followed in his footsteps. Later he founded a temple in Linzi, where he lectured on the *Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra*, the Large and Small *Prajñāpāramitā*, the *Daśabhūmika-sūtra*, and other texts. Students gathered like clouds, ordering carriages from a thousand *li* away. Later he crossed the Yangtze River and stayed at Heyuan Temple. Yan Yanzhi and Zhang Xu cherished his virtue and lingered in his company, often sighing: "Dao'an and Fatai spat pearls and jade in former times, while Bin and Liang ring out golden sounds after them; the pure talk and wondrous threads, on the verge of ending, have flourished once again!" At the beginning of the Taishi era, a grand assembly was held at Zhuangyan Temple, and a thousand foremost doctrinal masters were selected. An imperial decree ordered Liang and Bin to alternate as the masters of the Dharma, and no leader of the day could compete with them.