高僧傳 9.42

9.42

時太史奏虎云：「有仙人星見，當有高士入境。」虎普勅州郡，有異人，令啟聞。其年冬十一月，秦州刺史上表送開。初止鄴城西法綝祠中，後徙臨漳昭德寺。於房內造重閣，高八九尺許。於上編菅為禪室，如十斛籮大，常坐其中。虎資給甚厚。開皆以惠施。時樂仙者多來諮問，開都不答，迺為說偈云：「我矜一切苦，出家為利世。利世須學明，學明能斷惡。山遠糧粒難，作斯斷食計。非是求仙侶，幸勿相傳說。」

At that time, the Grand Astrologer memorialized Hu, saying, 'The Immortal Star has appeared; an eminent scholar will enter our borders.' Hu issued a general decree to the provinces and commanderies that if there were any extraordinary person, it should be reported. In the eleventh month, winter of that year, the regional inspector of Qinzhou submitted a memorial escorting Daokai [to the capital]. At first he stayed in the shrine of Falin to the west of Ye, and later moved to the Zhaode Temple in Linzhang. Inside his room he constructed a two-story pavilion, some eight or nine chi high. At the top he wove sedge into a meditation chamber, the size of a ten-hu basket, in which he constantly sat. Hu provided him with lavish provisions, but Daokai bestowed them all as charity. At that time, many who delighted in immortality came to inquire, but Daokai did not answer them at all; instead, he spoke a verse, saying: / 'Pitying all suffering, / I renounced household life to benefit the world. / Benefiting the world requires learning clarity; / Learning clarity can sever evil. / In distant mountains grain is hard to find, / So I adopted this practice of abstaining from food. / I am not seeking immortal companions; / Please do not spread such rumors.'