宋高僧傳 13.23

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釋道怤，俗姓陳，永嘉人也。丱總之年，性殊常準，而惡鯹血之氣。親黨強啖以枯魚，且虞嘔噦。求出家於開元寺。具戒已，遊閩入楚，言參問善知識，要決了生死根源。見臨川曹山寂公，大有徵詰，若曇詢之問僧稠也。終頓息疑於雪峯，閩中謂之小怤布納——時太原同名，年臘之高故。暨迴浙，住越州鑑清院。時皮光業者，日休之子，辭學宏贍，探賾禪門，嘗深擊難焉。退而謂人曰：「怤公之道，崇論閎議，莫臻其極。」武肅王錢氏欽慕，命居天龍寺，私署順德大師。次文穆王錢氏創龍冊寺，請怤居之，吳越禪學自此而興。以天福丁酉歲八月示滅，春秋七十。茶毘于大慈山塢，收拾舍利，起塔於龍姥山前。故僧主彙征撰塔銘。今舍利院，弟子主之，香火相綴焉。

Shi Daofu's secular surname was Chen, and he was a native of Yongjia. In his childhood, his nature was extraordinarily distinct from the norm, and he detested the stench of fish and blood. When his relatives forced him to eat dried fish, he almost vomited. He sought pravrajyā at Kaiyuan Temple. Having received the complete precepts, he traveled through Min and entered Chu, stating that he was inquiring of good spiritual friends to definitively resolve the root source of birth and death. Meeting the venerable Ji of Mount Cao in Linchuan, he engaged in deep probing and cross-examination, like Tanxun questioning Sengchou. In the end, he suddenly put an end to his doubts under Xuefeng; in Min, he was called "Little Cloth-Robed Fu"—this was because there was someone of the same name in Taiyuan who was advanced in age and saṅgha years. When he returned to Zhejiang, he resided at the Jianqing Cloister in Yuezhou. At that time, Pi Guangye, the son of Rixiu, whose literary scholarship was extensive and who explored the profundities of the Chan gate, once mounted deep and incisive challenges against him. Stepping back, he said to others, "The Way of the venerable Fu is comprised of elevated discourses and expansive discussions that none can fathom to their limits." King Wusu of the Qian clan admired him and ordered him to reside at Tianlong Temple, privately bestowing the title Grand Master Shunde. Next, King Wenmu of the Qian clan founded Longce Temple and invited Fu to reside there; Chan learning in Wu-Yue flourished from this time onward. In the eighth month of the dingyou year of Tianfu (937 CE), he manifested extinction at the age of seventy. He was cremated in the valley of Mount Daci, his relics were gathered, and a pagoda was erected before Mount Longmu. The former Rector of Monks Huizheng composed the pagoda inscription. Today, the Relic Cloister is overseen by his disciples, with incense and lamps continuously maintained.