宋高僧傳 11.39

11.39

釋崇演，姓段氏，東平人也。出家于本州龍興寺慧超法師之門。遊方問道，見嵩陽善寂禪師，示其心法。後居都梁山，當于淮浦，四面來商，毳客影附焉。相國李公紳鎮撫廣陵，而性剛嚴，少所接與，偏輕釋子。或允相見，必問難鋒起，祇應不供者，多咄叱而出。紳遣衙吏章幼成傳意召演入府，詶對詣理，談論鏗然。紳惘然，翻不測其畛域，特加歸信，請居慧照寺化導。同聲相應，僅于千眾。開成二年，終于淨院，春秋八十四。以十月二十三日全身入塔云。

Shi Chongyan, surnamed Duan, was a native of Dongping. He went forth from home at Longxing Temple in his home prefecture under Dharma Master Huichao. Wandering abroad in search of the Way, he met Chan Master Shanji of Songyang, who showed him the Dharma of the mind. Later he resided on Mount Duliang, situated on the bank of the Huai, where merchants came from all directions and patched-robed monks followed him like shadows. When Prime Minister Duke Li Shen was pacifying Guangling, he was firm and severe by nature, had little contact with others, and particularly disdained the disciples of Śākya. If he ever permitted an interview, challenges and difficult questions would arise like a forest of spears, and those who could not answer properly were mostly rebuked and driven out. Shen sent the yamen runner Zhang Youcheng to convey his invitation for Yan to enter his mansion. Yan's responses hit upon the underlying principle, his discussions resonant and clear. Shen was bewildered, unexpectedly unable to fathom his depths; he developed special faith and refuge in him, inviting him to reside at Huizhao Temple to guide and transform beings. Responding like voices of the same tone, nearly a thousand people gathered. In the second year of the Kaicheng era, he passed away in the pure courtyard at the age of eighty-four. On the twenty-third day of the tenth month, his whole body was placed in a stupa.