高僧傳 5.5

5.5

Later, he fled disturbances and hid in Huoze. Zhu Faji of Taiyang and Zhi Tan of Bingzhou were lecturing on the Yinchiru jing, and An subsequently studied under them. Shortly thereafter, he and his fellow student Zhu Fatai both rested at Feilong Mountain. The śramaṇas Sengxian and Daohu were already on that mountain; they were delighted to see one another, and together opened the texts and applied their thoughts, displaying marvelous spiritual insight. Later, An founded temples and stūpas at Mount Taihang and Mount Heng; those who altered their attire and followed his teaching made up half of the region north of the Yellow River. At that time, Lu Xin, the Grand Protector of Wuyi, heard of An's pure excellence and sent the śramaṇa Min to urgently press him to come. An could not refuse, so he accepted the invitation and opened lectures; his reputation and reality matched, and both clergy and laity admired him with joy.