高僧傳 8.72

8.72

釋僧盛，本姓何，建鄴人。少而神情聰敏，加又志學翹勤，遂大明數論，兼善眾經，講說為當時元匠。又特精外典，為群儒所憚。故學館諸生，常以盛公相脇。天鑒中，卒于靈曜寺，春秋五十餘。

Shi Sengsheng, originally surnamed He, was a native of Jianye. In his youth his disposition was sharp and intelligent, and in addition his aspiration for learning was zealous and diligent; he consequently gained great mastery over the Abhidharma treatises and was concurrently proficient in various scriptures, becoming a foremost master of lecturing in his day. He was also particularly well versed in non-Buddhist texts, being feared by Confucian scholars. For this reason, students at the academies would often use Master Sheng's name to intimidate one another. During the Tianjian reign period, he passed away at Lingyao Temple at the age of over fifty.