宋高僧傳 10.32

10.32

釋恒月，姓韓氏，上黨人也。厥父為土鹽商，西江往還，俄遇剽略溺死。月雖幼弱，念父葬于魚腹，母又再行，乃決志出家，求報恩育。受教於聖善寺慧初。得度已，造嵩山禪會，便啟發心要。後訪道尋師，靡憚夷險，抵望湖山翠微嚴下古院挂錫。四方學者如蜂得王，翕然盛化。建中元年，示疾而終，春秋七十九。其年三月十二日遷塔焉。洛京廣愛寺釋真亮，姓侯氏，景城人也。家訓儒雅，辭彩粲然。潔素持操，與群少年有異。忽以樊籠為厭，且曰：「去情除饉，是所願也。」遂於本州開元寺智休師下披染服。然其刈薪汲水，率先於人，習行頭陀行。受具已，遊嵩少，遇普寂獎訓，頓開蒙昧。入龍門山，居而禪默，問津者交集，聲望日隆。屬留守尚書王公鐸保釐，聞而欽奉，召入廣愛寺，別住居焉。示人禪觀，匪倦教詔，得道者亦多矣。以貞元四年十一月三日，忽告門人以桑榆末照，誠難久留。囑累而終，年八十八焉。

Shi Hengyue, surnamed Han, was a native of Shangdang. His father was a local salt merchant, traveling back and forth across Xijiang, who was suddenly plundered and drowned. Though Yue was young and weak, he lamented that his father was buried in the bellies of fish and that his mother had remarried; thus he resolved to leave home (pravrajyā) to repay the debt of their upbringing. He received instruction under Huichu of Shengshan Temple. After receiving ordination, he went to the Chan gathering on Mount Song, where the essentials of mind were immediately awakened. Later he visited masters and sought the Way without fear of ease or danger, arriving at an ancient cloister beneath the Cuiwei Cliff of Mount Wanghu to hang up his staff. Students from the four quarters gathered like bees around their queen, and his converting influence flourished immensely. In the first year of the Jianzhong era, he manifested illness and died at the age of seventy-nine. On the twelfth day of the third month of that year, his stūpa was relocated. Shi Zhenliang of Guang'ai Temple in the Western Capital was surnamed Hou and was a native of Jingcheng. His family was schooled in Confucian elegance, and his literary expressions were brilliant. Pure and upright in his conduct, he was distinct from ordinary youths. Suddenly weary of the worldly cage, he said: 'To eliminate passions and eradicate spiritual famine is my wish.' Thereupon he donned the dyed robes under Master Zhixiu of Kaiyuan Temple in his home prefecture. He led others in cutting firewood and drawing water, practicing the dhūta austerities. After receiving full ordination (upasampadā), he traveled to Mount Song and Mount Shaoshi, meeting Puji, whose encouragement and guidance instantly dispelled his ignorance. He entered Mount Longmen, dwelling in Chan stillness; those seeking the path gathered in droves, and his renown grew daily. It happened that the Defender-in-Chief, Minister Wang Duo, was in charge of safeguarding the region; hearing of him, he paid homage with reverence and summoned him into Guang'ai Temple to reside in a separate quarter. He instructed people in Chan contemplation, never tiring of teaching, and those who attained the Way were many. On the third day of the eleventh month in the fourth year of the Zhenyuan era, he suddenly informed his disciples that the setting sun's fading rays could not linger long. Giving his final instructions, he passed away at the age of eighty-eight.