宋高僧傳 11.48

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釋玄策，俗姓魯，會稽人也。幼隨父商估，赴天台山光明會，乃隋朝智顗禪師立教，年別九月，遠近州邑黑白二眾鳩聚。策覩殊異，遂于禪林寺智廣師下出家。遊方見江西大寂，頓開翳障。及遍參問，覩黃陂九井山奇秀，乃結茅為舍，學侶若蟬之走明也。或慰策曰：「師之耐寂寞如此乎？」策曰：「致道者忘心矣，吾樂甚哉。」以大中八年現疾而滅。續勅諡大師曰圓寂，塔名智覺焉。

Śramaṇa Xuance was surnamed Lu, a native of Kuaiji. As a youth, accompanying his father on trading journeys, he attended the Guangming Assembly at Mount Tiantai; it had been instituted by Chan Master Zhiyi of the Sui dynasty, and every ninth month, both monastics and laity gathered in flocks from near and far prefectures and cities. Ce beheld the marvel, and consequently renounced the world (pravrajyā) under Master Zhiguang of Chanlin Temple. Wandering in all directions, he met Daji of Jiangxi, and his obscuring cataracts instantly cleared away. After making inquiries everywhere, he saw the exceptional beauty of Mount Jiujing in Huangpi, whereupon he thatched a cottage for his dwelling; fellow students flocked to him like cicadas toward the light. Someone comforted Ce, asking: 'Can the Master endure loneliness like this?' Ce replied: 'One who has attained the Way has forgotten the mind; my joy is boundless.' In the eighth year of Dazhong, he manifested illness and passed away. Subsequent imperial orders bestowed the posthumous title Grand Master Yuanji ('Perfect Stillness'), and named his stupa Zhijue ('Wisdom Awakening').