[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059) › 8.28 # 高僧傳 8.28 高僧傳 8.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.8.28) 遠年三十一，始於青州孫泰寺南面講說。言論清暢，風容秀整，坐者四百餘人，莫不悅服。瑯瑘王僧達才貴當世，藉甚遠風素，延止眾造寺。遠賙貧濟乏，身無留財。有玄紹比丘，每給以金貝。遠讓而弗受。嘗一時行青園，聞里中得時氣病者，憫而造之。見駢尸侶病者數人，人莫敢近，遠深加痛惋，留止不忍去。因為告乞，斂死撫生，恩加骨肉。宋新安孝敬王子鸞，為亡所生母殷貴妃造新安寺，勅選三州，招延英哲。遠與小山法瑤、南㵎顯亮，俱被徵召，皆推遠為元舉之首。 > When Yuan was thirty-one years old, he first faced south to deliver lectures at Suntai Temple in Qingzhou. His discourse was clear and fluent, and his deportment elegant and dignified; of the more than four hundred seated listeners, none failed to be delighted and convinced. Wang Sengda of Langye, possessed of noble talent in that era, took notice of Yuan's pure fame and invited him to reside at Zhongzao Temple. Yuan gave relief to the poor and aided the destitute, keeping no wealth for himself. There was a monk named Xuanshao who constantly gave him gold and cowries, but Yuan declined and would not accept them. Once, when walking through Qingyuan, he heard that someone in the neighborhood had contracted a seasonal epidemic, and out of pity went to visit him. Seeing several persons lying dead together alongside the sick, whom no one dared approach, Yuan felt deep grief and pity, and remained there unable to bear leaving. He thereupon solicited alms on their behalf, burying the dead and caring for the living, bestowing kindness exceeding that of kin. When Prince Xiaojing of Xin'an, Liu Ziluan of the Song, built Xin'an Temple for his deceased birth mother, Noble Consort Yin, an imperial edict ordered three provinces to select and summon eminent and wise monks. Yuan, along with Fayao of Xiaoshan and Xianliang of Nanjian, were all summoned, and all recommended Yuan as the foremost among the initial candidates. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.8.27) - [Next: 8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.8.29) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.8.28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.8.28) · Pramāṇa