高僧傳 7.11

7.11

The Generalissimo and Prince of Pengcheng of the Song, [Liu] Yikang, invited him to be his master, and only after three requests did he agree. The Prince invited him to enter his residence to confer the precepts, but Rui said: "According to the rites, one hears of students coming to learn; one does not hear of the teacher going thither to instruct." Yikang was deeply ashamed, so he went to the temple to pay reverent homage and respectfully received the rules of the precepts. Later, he offered Rui a sable robe. Rui did not wear it, but regularly sat upon it. The Prince secretly ordered his attendants to seek to purchase it, offering three hundred thousand [coins]. Rui said: "Although it is not something I wear, since it was given by the Great Prince, I simply make use of it accordingly."