高僧傳 8.26

8.26

Yan immediately submitted a memorial reporting the matter in full. An imperial decree exempted one hundred households from taxes to provide for his maintenance. Prince Yizhang, Xiao Ni, General of Agile Cavalry of the Qi, was stationed in Jingxia and sent envoys to summon him. The ruler of the Tuyuhun in Henan, admiring him with devotion from afar, dispatched several hundred cavalry to welcome him at Mount Qi. Finding that he had already departed eastward, they did not reach him. When Emperor Wu of the Qi ascended the throne, Prince Wenxuan, the Minister of Education, submitted a memorial from Jiangling and returned to the capital. Crown Prince Wenhui also sent to summon and welcome him; as the imperial decrees were repeated, he could not decline and obtain exemption. Thereupon he sailed down the river on a boat, but fell ill en route and arrived at the capital bearing his ailment. Disappointing the eager hopes of the crowds, he stayed at Linggen Temple. Soon after, he passed away at the age of sixty-nine. On the sixteenth day of the eleventh month in the second year of the Yongming reign era of the Qi, he was buried before Mount Dulong at Zhongfu. Prince Xian of Linchuan erected a stele, and Zhou Yong of Runan composed the inscription.