宋高僧傳 11.33

11.33

釋智藏，姓黃氏，豫章上高人也。父為洪州掾。藏隨父入報國寺，見供奉皓月講《涅槃經》，微體經意，樂入佛門。年甫十三，割恩愛，辭父母，於開元寺宗法師所受學。後修禪法，證大寂一公宗要矣。建中元年，入長安。盧元顥素奉其道，舉奏入內供養，勅令住華嚴寺。輦轂之間，玄學者孔熾，就藏之門，若海水之歸投琴之壑矣。太和九年終于住寺，三月十二日入塔焉。

Shi Zhizang's surname was Huang, and he was a native of Shanggao in Yuzhang. His father was an administrator in Hongzhou. Zang followed his father into Baoguo Temple, where he saw Court Offerant Haoyue lecturing on the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra; faintly comprehending the sūtra's meaning, he delighted in entering the gate of the Buddha. When he was just thirteen, severing ties of affection and bidding farewell to his parents, he received instruction under Master Cong of Kaiyuan Temple. Later, he practiced the dhyāna method and realized the essential tenets of the venerable Daji. In the first year of the Jianzhong era, he entered Chang'an. Lu Yuanhao, who had long venerated his Way, submitted a memorial recommending him to be invited into the palace for offerings, and an imperial decree ordered him to reside at Huayan Temple. Within the imperial capital, practitioners of the mystery were in full fervor; they flocked to Zang's gate like sea waters returning to the deep of the guqin. In the ninth year of the Taihe era, he passed away at his resident temple, and was placed in a stupa on the twelfth day of the third month.