高僧傳 8.30

English (machine translation) 8.30

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8.30

Yuan sighed at that time, saying: "I am a shaven-headed śramaṇa; I originally left household life to seek the Way—what business have I with emperors and kings!" That very day, he pleaded illness and retired, concealing his traces in Upper Dinglin Mountain. When the Jinghe era arrived, this regulation was again suspended, and the old ordinances were restored.

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高僧傳 — 慧皎, Classical Chinese