宋高僧傳 10.34

10.34

釋思公，姓李氏，恒陽人也。早出家于本府龍興寺。得度後，遊伊、洛間，見普寂禪師，開暢禪法。寂始見提誘，尋徹鉤深。至南雍，隱夾石山，翛然自處。屬牛公觀政漢南，聞其聲績，請入城，謝病不應其命。牛帥亦不奪其志，檀施相望。學眾侁侁，若栴檀之圍遶焉。以興元初年示疾歸滅，春秋八十四焉。亳州安國院釋曇真，姓陳，維青人也。少小隨父往彭城，鬻棗於逆旅，而亡所怙。真嘆恨無依，乃投徐大雲寺為僧。其土是嵩法師之後，經論藪澤，真翫習該通。後遊勝境，入嵩山學禪觀。已至任城，邂逅李中丞諷赴職譙郡，接真談道，抵掌盱衡，如披雲霧。李恨相識之晚，請以同行。時聚風亭月觀，談道達旦。李後入為京尹，因從容稱奏真道成德至。德皇下詔徵，而不奉詔。貞元七年四月示滅，門人建塔云。

Shi Venerable Si, surnamed Li, was a native of Hengyang. He left home early at Longxing Temple in his home prefecture. After receiving ordination, he traveled through the Yi and Luo rivers area, visiting Chan Master Puji, who unfolded the Chan teachings for him. When Puji first guided and led him, he immediately penetrated to the profound depths. Arriving at Nanyong, he secluded himself on Mount Jiashi, dwelling at ease. When Duke Niu was governing the Hannan region, he heard of his reputation and invited him to enter the city; Si declined on grounds of illness and did not comply with the order. Commander Niu did not force him against his will, and offerings from donors followed one after another. Students gathered in crowds, as if encircling sandalwood. In the first year of the Xingyuan era, he manifested illness and passed into extinction at the age of eighty-four. Shi Tanzhen of Anguo Cloister in Bozhou was surnamed Chen and was a native of Weiqing. In his youth he accompanied his father to Pengcheng to sell dates at an inn, and there lost his father. Grieving and without support, Zhen sought refuge at Dayun Temple in Xu to become a monk. That region followed the lineage of Dharma Master Song, an ocean of sūtras and treatises, which Zhen studied thoroughly. Later he toured renowned sites and entered Mount Song to study Chan contemplation. Arriving in Rencheng, he met by chance Vice Censor-in-Chief Li Feng, who was traveling to take up office in Qiao Prefecture; Li spoke with Zhen about the Way, clapping hands and gazing up, feeling as if parting clouds and mist. Li regretted meeting him so late and invited him to travel together. Often gathering at wind pavilions and moon-viewing belvederes, they discussed the Way until dawn. Later, when Li entered the capital as Mayor, he leisurely memorialized that Zhen's attainment in the Way and virtue were consummate. Emperor Dezong issued an imperial summons, but Zhen did not comply. In the fourth month of the seventh year of the Zhenyuan era, he manifested extinction, and his disciples built a stūpa for him.