[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [續高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060) › 21.27 # 續高僧傳 21.27 續高僧傳 21.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [21.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.21.27) 釋道成。字明範。俗姓陶氏。丹陽人也。祖誕齊招遠將軍永嘉大守。父僉梁貞威將軍上虞令。成少而入道。住永嘉崇玄寺。事式法師為弟子。儀貌瓌美奇姿拔眾。群伍目曰神童。具戒之後學超儕輩。大同之初栖遊京輦受業奉誠寺大律都沙門智文。十誦纔經兩遍。年逾未立別肆開筵。數論毘曇染神便悟。無繁工倍聞一知十。是以京邑耆老咸稱後生可畏。講十誦律菩薩戒大品法華諸經律等一百四十遍。又講觀音一日三遍。著律大本羯磨諸經疏三十六卷。至於意樹心花增暉旦曜。析理質疑聽者忘倦。學士慧藏法祥等。並遊方講說法輪常轉。傳茲後焰利益弘多。咸蔬素潔己珠戒居心。神解嚴明深禪在念。兼六時虔懺。三餘暇日\[敲-高+(虎-儿+魚)\]獵文史。欲令知無不為也。然其性用安庠威儀合度。天人摸揩罕有其儔。軟語愛言。不常忤物。後現疾旬餘。猶牽講演。以開皇十九年五月五日。遷神於興嚴寺。春秋六十有八。大漸之際惟稱念佛。肢節軟暖合掌分明。即以其月八日。窆於奉誠寺之南山。墓誌高坐寺僧慧嵸所作。 > Shi Daocheng, whose courtesy name was Mingfan, had the secular surname Tao and was a native of Danyang. His grandfather Dan was General Who Beckons from Afar and Grand Protector of Yongjia under the Qi; his father Qian was General of Chaste Prowess and Magistrate of Shangyu under the Liang. Cheng entered the Way in his youth and resided at Chongxuan Monastery in Yongjia, serving Dharmabhāṇaka Shi as his disciple. His appearance was handsome and magnificent, his remarkable demeanor surpassing the multitude; his peers called him a child prodigy. After receiving the full precepts, his learning exceeded that of his fellows. At the beginning of the Datong era, he went to dwell in the capital, studying under the śramaṇa Zhiwen, the Great Vinaya Director of Fengcheng Monastery. Having gone through the Daśabhāṇavāra-vinaya only twice, before he had reached the age of thirty, he opened his own lecture platform. In the Abhidharma of the Sarvāstivāda, as soon as his mind was touched by it, he was enlightened; without needing to double his efforts, hearing one point he understood ten. For this reason, the elders of the capital all proclaimed that the youth was formidable. He lectured on the Daśabhāṇavāra-vinaya, the Bodhisattva Precepts, the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā Sūtra, the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sūtra, and other sūtras and vinayas one hundred and forty times. He also lectured on the Guanyin Sūtra three times in a single day. He composed thirty-six fascicles of commentaries on the root text of the Vinaya, the karmans, and various sūtras. As for the tree of his intellect and the flowers of his heart, their radiance grew ever brighter like the morning sun; when he analyzed principles and resolved doubts, his listeners forgot their fatigue. His students Huizang, Faxiang, and others traveled abroad lecturing and explaining, keeping the wheel of the Dharma perpetually turning; the later flame transmitted from him brought immense benefit. All of them subsisted on vegetarian food to purify themselves, kept the jewel of the precepts in their hearts, maintained keen discernment, and kept deep dhyāna in their thoughts. In addition, they devoutly repented at the six periods of the day, and during the leisure of the 'three remainders,' they scoured literature and history, desiring that there be nothing worth knowing they could not do. His temperament was serene and composed, his deportment completely in accord with proper standards; as a model for gods and men, he rarely had an equal. His speech was gentle and pleasant, and he never crossed others. Later he showed signs of illness for more than ten days, yet he still persisted in lecturing. On the fifth day of the fifth month of the nineteenth year of the Kaihuang era, his spirit departed at Xingyan Monastery at the age of sixty-eight. In his final moments, he did nothing but recite the Buddha's name; his limbs were soft and warm, and his hands were clearly joined in añjali. On the eighth day of that month, he was interred on the south mountain of Fengcheng Monastery. The funerary inscription was composed by the monk Huicong of Gaozuo Monastery. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 21.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.21.26) - [Next: 21.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.21.28) - [Up: 21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.21) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060~en-mt.21.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.21.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.21.27) · Pramāṇa