高僧傳 6.60

6.60

Shi Sengqi, surnamed Fu, was a native of Niyang in Beidi, and the eldest son of Fu Xia, Director of the Household for the Prince of Hejian under the Jin. He left household life at an early age, resided at the Great Monastery in Chang'an, and became a disciple of Dharma Master Hongjue. Hongjue was also a leading master of the age; Sengqi initially studied under him and later traveled through the regions of Qing, Si, Fan, and Mian. He was versed in the Six Classics and the Tripiṭaka; his vinaya practice was pure and rigorous, and he was able to uphold and revitalize the Buddhadharma. Yao Chang and Yao Xing had long admired his reputation and esteemed him; when they usurped rule over Guanzhong, they revered him with the deepest devotion. As Yao Xing deeply believed in the Three Jewels and vigorously propagated the great teaching, convening assemblies and providing vegetarian feasts with parasols and smoke dense and overlapping, more than half of all households came to admire the Way and abandon worldly life.