高僧傳 7.94

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釋慧通，姓劉，沛國人。少而神情爽發，俊氣虛玄，止于治城寺。每麈尾一振，輒軒蓋盈衢。東海徐湛之、陳郡袁粲，敬以師友之禮。孝武皇帝厚加寵秩，勅與海陵、小建平二王為友。袁粲著〈蘧顏論〉示通，通難詰往反，著文于世。又製《大品》、《勝鬘》、《雜心》、《毘曇》等義疏，并〈駮夷夏論〉、〈顯證論〉、〈法性論〉及〈爻象記〉等，皆傳於世。宋昇明中卒，春秋六十三矣。

Shi Huitong, surnamed Liu, was a native of Peiguo. In his youth his spirit was clear and vibrant, his lofty nature aspiring to the subtle and profound; he resided at Zhicheng Temple. Whenever he gave a flick of his fly whisk, carriages with canopies would fill the streets. Xu Zhanzhi of Donghai and Yuan Can of Chen commandery respected him with the rites of master and friend. Emperor Xiaowu generously added to his ranks and titles, decreeing that he be a companion to the two princes of Hailing and Lesser Jianping. Yuan Can wrote the *Discourse on Qu and Yan* to show Huitong; Huitong raised counter-refutations back and forth and published a text in the world. He also composed doctrinal commentaries on the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā, Śrīmālādevī, Saṃyuktābhidharmahṛdaya, and Abhidharma, as well as the *Refutation of the Discourse on the Barbarian and the Chinese*, the *Discourse on Manifest Proof*, the *Discourse on the Dharma-nature*, and the *Records of the Trigrams and Signs*, all of which circulated in the world. He died during the Shengming era of Song, at the age of sixty-three.