宋高僧傳 12.34

12.34

釋元安，俗姓淡，鳳翔麟遊人也。丱年於岐陽懷恩寺從兄祐律師出家。唯經與論，無不窮該。乃問道翠微，次臨濟，各飡法味，若飫香積之盂也。斵彫復朴，逍遙自如。聞夾山道盛德至，造澧陽當稽問轇轕，又增明淨。後開樂普山，尋居蘇溪，答詶請益，多偶句華美，為四海傳焉。以昭宗光化元年戊午十二月遷滅，享壽六十五，法臘四十六矣。臨終告眾，頗多警策辭句云。

Shi Yuan'an's secular surname was Tan, and he was a native of Linyou in Fengxiang. In his youth, at Huai'en Temple in Qiyang, he left home under his elder-cousin Vinaya Master You. There was no scripture or treatise that he did not thoroughly investigate. He then sought the Way from Cuiwei, and next from Linji, tasting the flavor of the Dharma from each, as if sated from the bowls of the Fragrant Accumulation. Chipping away the ornamentation and returning to simplicity, he was carefree and at ease. Hearing that the Way of Jiashan was flourishing and his virtue supreme, he went to Liyang to inquire into complicated matters, which further increased his clarity and purity. Later he opened Mount Lepu and soon after resided at Suxi; his replies to those seeking instruction were mostly in elegant paired phrases, transmitted throughout the four seas. In the twelfth month of the wuwu year, the first year of Guanghua of Emperor Zhaozong, he passed away at the age of sixty-five, with a dharma age of forty-six. Facing the end, he addressed the assembly with many words of warning and exhortation.