高僧傳 5.20

5.20

Zhu Senglang was a native of Jingzhao. In his youth he traveled widely, inquiring about the Way as he grew older; upon returning to Guanzhong, he devoted himself to preaching and expounding. Once, when he went with several others to answer an invitation, half-way there he suddenly told his companions: "The clothing and possessions in your temple seem to be targeted by a thief." Returning as he said, they indeed found a thief; thanks to his warning, nothing was lost. Lang constantly ate plain vegetables, wore coarse cloth, and set his will beyond worldly matters. In the first year of Huangshi of Fu Jian of the illegitimate Qin [Dynasty], he moved to Mount Tai, where he formed a bond in the forest with the recluse Zhang Zhong, frequently roaming and staying together. Zhong was later summoned by Fu Jian, but died on reaching Mount Huayin. Lang then established a separate hermitage in Mount Kunlun in Jinyu Valley, which was one of the northwest crags of Mount Tai. Its peaks were high and perilous, its waters and rocks grand and majestic. Lang constructed dwellings, exhausting the natural beauties of the mountain, with more than several tens of rooms inside and out. More than a hundred people came, drawn by his renown, and Lang instructed and guided them diligently, never complaining of weariness.