[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) › 8.35 # 高僧傳 8.35 高僧傳 8.35 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.8.35) 釋僧慧，姓皇甫，本安定朝那人。高士謐之苗裔，先人避難寓居襄陽，世為冠族。慧少出家，止荊州竹林寺，事曇順為師。順，廬山慧遠弟子，素有高譽。慧伏膺以後，專心義學。至年二十五，能講《涅槃》、《法華》、《十住》、《淨名》、《雜心》等。性強記，不煩都講，而文句辯折，宣暢如流。又善《莊》、《老》，為西學所師，與高士南陽宗炳、劉虬等，並皆友善。炳每歎曰：「西夏法輪不絕，者其在慧公乎！」吳國張暢經遊西土，迺造慧而請交焉。齊初，勑為荊州僧主。風韻秀然，協道匡世，補益之功，有譽遐邇。年衰，常乘輿赴講。觀者號為「禿頭官家」。與玄暢同時，時謂「黑衣二傑」。齊永明四年卒，春秋七十有九。 > Shi Senghui's secular surname was Huangfu, and he was originally a native of Chaona in Anding. He was a descendant of the eminent scholar \[Huangfu\] Mi. His ancestors had fled hardships and lodged in Xiangyang, where they were a prominent family for generations. Hui went forth from home at an early age, staying at Zhulin Temple in Jingzhou and serving Tanshuan as his teacher. Shun was a disciple of Huiyuan of Mount Lu and had long enjoyed a high reputation. After submitting himself \[to Shun\], Hui devoted his mind to doctrinal studies. By the age of twenty-five, he was able to lecture on the Nirvāṇa, Saddharmapuṇḍarīka, Daśabhūmika, Vimalakīrtinirdeśa, and Saṃyuktābhidharmahṛdaya. Naturally possessed of a powerful memory, he did not need a prompter (dujiang); his analysis of passages and phrases was incisive, and his exposition flowed smoothly. He was also skilled in the Zhuangzi and Laozi, becoming a teacher revered by scholars of the western region. He was friendly with the eminent scholars Zong Bing of Nanyang, Liu Qiu, and others. Bing often praised him, saying: 'That the wheel of the Dharma in the Western Xia does not cease to turn—is it not perhaps due to Master Hui!' Zhang Chang of the state of Wu, when traveling through the western lands, went to visit Hui and asked to form a friendship with him. At the beginning of the Qi dynasty, he was appointed by imperial order as the monastic rector (sengzhu) of Jingzhou. His demeanor was refined and elegant, and in assisting the Dao and aiding the world, his meritorious benefits won him praise far and wide. In his declining years, he often rode a palanquin to the lecture hall. Onlookers called him the 'Bald-Headed Official.' He lived at the same time as Xuanchang, and people of the era referred to them as 'the two outstanding figures in black robes.' He died in the fourth year of the Yongming era of the Qi dynasty (486 CE) at the age of seventy-nine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.8.34) - [Next: 8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.8.36) - [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.8.35) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.8.35) · Pramāṇa