續高僧傳 13.23

13.23

釋靜藏。俗姓張。澤州高都人。九歲出家。投清化寺詮禪師而為師主。訓誨之至極附大猷。進戒已後樂思定業。通微盡相宗徒有歸。年二十三發弘誓曰。丈夫出俗。紹釋為氏。豈不欲義流天下名貫玄班者乎。承鄉壤大德遠法師勅召在京弘化為務。便往從之。未至值遷。果非本遂。乃遍諸法席聽採經論。攝論十地是所偏求。還住淨影弘揚所習。大業九年召入鴻臚教授東蕃。三國僧義。九夷狼戾。初染規猷賴藉乘機。接誘並從法訓。武德初歲。太僕卿宇文明達。宿昔承奉禁戒是投。合門請業用比昭穆。勅使達為河之南北執節招撫。綸言既出將事首塗。藏送曰。世界無常佛有誠誥。別易會難。先民遺語。願常存此。奉信在心。達以藏夙有預聞曾經事驗。拜辭曰。弟子銜命於不返。願師冥道照助。及至相州果為賊王德仁所害。其子世壽奏曰。臣父奉勅。安撫竭誠奉國。為賊所害。思報皇恩。藍田散谷見有故寺。望得為父修立。并度僧二十人。帝問欲作何寺。壽以事諮藏。曰此山上有閏玉下有流泉。可名玉泉耶。壽具奏聞。帝依所請仍延藏往住。堂宇廊廟並指撝焉。遠近道俗造山修覲。皆遺之法藥。安時處順。遂復其性。以武德九年十二月因事入京。遇染時患限終京室。春秋五十有六。弟子道刪祖習風範。地持一部敷化在心。今住終南至相。有名於世。

Shi Jingzang was of the secular surname Zhang and was a native of Gaodu in Zezhou. At the age of nine he left the household, taking Dhyāna Master Quan of Qinghua Monastery as his preceptor. The instruction he received was of the highest level, fully according with the Great Path. After advancing to full ordination, he delighted in contemplating the practice of concentration. Comprehending subtleties and exhausting forms, students came to rely on him. At the age of twenty-three, he made a great vow: "When a real man leaves the secular world and inherits the surname of the Śākya, how could he not wish that his understanding flow throughout the world and his name enter the ranks of the profound?" Hearing that the venerable Master Yuan of his home region had been summoned by imperial edict to the capital to propagate the Dharma, he went to follow him. Before he arrived, Yuan had passed away, so his original aim was not fulfilled. He then went to all the lecture halls to listen and study the sūtras and śāstras; the Mahāyānasaṃgraha and the Daśabhūmika-śāstra were what he especially sought. He returned to dwell at Jingying Monastery to propagate what he had learned. In the ninth year of the Daye era, he was summoned to the Court of State Ceremonial to instruct the Eastern Barbarians in the meaning of the Sangha in the three states. The nine barbarians were fierce and unruly; when they were first touched by the rules and norms, relying on opportune moments, he guided and persuaded them, and they all complied with the Dharma's instruction. In the early years of the Wude era, Yumen Mingda, Director of the Court of the Imperial Stud, who had long revered him, sought to receive the prohibitive precepts. His entire household requested instruction, comparing themselves to the lines of ancestors. An imperial edict commissioned Da to hold imperial credentials and pacify the regions north and south of the Yellow River. Once the imperial command was issued and he was about to set out on the road, Zang saw him off, saying: "The world is impermanent—this is the Buddha's sincere admonition. Parting is easy, but meeting again is difficult—this is the legacy of ancient people. May you always preserve this, holding faith in your heart." Da, knowing that Zang possessed foreknowledge that had been verified by past events, bowed and took his leave, saying: "Your disciple bears a mission from which he might not return. I pray the master will illuminate and aid me on the unseen path." When he reached Xiangzhou, he was indeed killed by the rebel Wang Deren. His son Shishou memorialized: "My father received an imperial edict to pacify and comfort the people, exhausting his loyalty in service to the state, and was slain by rebels. Yearning to repay the imperial favor, I observe there is an old monastery at Sangu in Lantian. I hope to repair and rebuild it on my father's behalf, and to ordain twenty monks." The Emperor asked what name he wished to give the monastery. Shou consulted Zang, who said: "On this mountain, above there is moist jade, and below there are flowing springs; could it not be named Yuquan (Jade Spring)?" Shou reported this fully to the throne. The Emperor granted his request, and furthermore invited Zang to reside there. The halls, chambers, galleries, and shrines were all built under his direction. Clergy and laity from near and far went to the mountain to pay their respects, and he gave the Dharma medicine to all of them, so that they rested content with the times and complied with circumstances, thereby returning to their true nature. In the twelfth month of the ninth year of the Wude era, having gone to the capital on business, he contracted an epidemic disease and ended his days in the capital. His age was fifty-six. His disciple Daoshan inherited his manners and model; with the single treatise of the Bodhisattvabhūmi-sūtra (Dichi jing) expounded and cultivated in his heart, he now dwells at Zhixiang Monastery on Mount Zhongnan, famous throughout the world.