宋高僧傳 10.14

10.14

釋懷暉，姓謝氏，泉州人也。宿植根深，出塵志遠，迨乎進具，乃尚雲遊。貞元初，禮洪州大寂禪師，頓明心要。時彭城劉濟頗德暉，互相推證。後潛岨崍山，次寓齊州靈巖寺。又移卜百家巖，泉石幽奇。苦於禪子請問繁雜，上中條山行禪法，為法者躡跡而往，蒲津人皆化之。元和三年，憲宗詔入於章敬寺毘盧遮那院安置，則大曆中勅應天下名僧大德三學通贍者並叢萃其中，屬誕辰，多於此修齋度僧焉。暉既居上院，為人說禪要，朝寮名士日來參問。復詔入麟德殿賜齋，推居上座。元和十年乙未冬示疾，十二月十一日滅度，春秋六十二。越明年二月，門人智朗、志操等奉全身葬于灞橋北原。勅諡大宣教禪師，立碑于寺門，嶽陽司倉賈島為文述德焉。

Śramaṇa Huihui, whose lay surname was Xie, was a native of Quanzhou. His roots planted in past lives were deep, and his aspiration to transcend the worldly dust was far-reaching; by the time he received full ordination, he esteemed cloud-like wandering. In the beginning of the Zhenyuan reign era, he paid homage to Chan Master Daji in Hongzhou and instantly understood the essentials of the mind. At that time, Liu Ji of Pengcheng respected Hui's virtue greatly, and they corroborated their insights with each other. Later he concealed himself on Mount Qulai, and next resided at Lingyan Temple in Qizhou. He then moved and selected Mount Baijia, where the springs and rocks were secluded and wondrous. Suffering from the noisy influx of inquiries from Chan students, he climbed Mount Zhongtiao to practice the Chan method; those seeking the Dharma followed his footsteps, and the people of Pujin were all transformed. In the third year of the Yuanhe reign era (808), Emperor Xianzong summoned him to reside in the Vairocana Cloister of Zhangjing Temple, where by decree in the Dali reign era all the world's eminent monks and great virtues who were thoroughly versed in the three trainings had been assembled, and where during imperial birthdays vegetarian feasts were often held and monks ordained. Once Hui resided in the upper cloister, he taught the essentials of Chan to others, and court officials and celebrated scholars came daily to consult him. He was again summoned into the Linde Hall and bestowed a vegetarian meal, being advanced to occupy the seat of honor. In the winter of the tenth year of the Yuanhe reign era, the year yimei (815), he showed illness, and on the eleventh day of the twelfth month he passed away at the age of sixty-two. In the second month of the following year, his disciples Zhilang, Zhicao, and others conveyed his whole body and buried it on the northern plain of Baqiao. An imperial decree posthumously bestowed the title Chan Master Daxuanjiao (Great Propagator of Teaching) and erected a stele at the temple gate, with Jia Dao, the granary officer of Yueyang, composing the text recounting his virtue.