宋高僧傳 13.37

13.37

釋德韶者，姓陳氏，縉雲人也。幼出家于本郡，登戒後，同光中尋訪名山，參見知識，屈指不勝其數。初發心於投子山和尚，後見臨川法眼禪師，重了心要，遂承嗣焉。始入天台山，建寺院道場。無幾，韶大興玄沙法道，歸依者眾。漢南國王錢氏嘗理丹丘，韶有先見之明，謂曰：「他日為國王，當興佛法。」其言信矣，遣使入山旁午，後署大禪師號，每有言時，無不符合。蘇州節使錢仁奉有疾，遣人齎香往乞願焉。乃題疏云：「令公八十一。」仁奉得之甚喜曰：「我壽八十一也。」其年八月十一日卒焉。凡多此類。韶未終之前也，華頂石崩，振驚百里，山如野燒蔓筵，果應韶終。焚舍利繁多，營塔，命都僧正贊寧為塔碑焉。享年八十二，法臘六十四，即開寶五年壬申歲六月二十八日也。《語錄》大行。出弟子傳法百許人，其又興智者道場數十所，功成不宰，心地坦夷。術數尤精，利人為上。至今江浙間謂為「大和尚」焉。

Shi Deshao's surname was Chen, and he was a native of Jinyun. In his youth, he left home in his native commandery; after receiving the precepts, during the Tongguang era, he visited famous mountains and sought out good friends in numbers too great to count on one's fingers. He initially brought forth his resolve under the prelate of Mount Touzi, and later met Chan Master Fayan of Linchuan, thoroughly understanding the essentials of mind, and thus inherited his lineage. He first entered Mount Tiantai and established monasteries and practice places. Before long, Shao greatly propagated the Dharma teaching of Xuansha, and those who took refuge were numerous. The King of Hannan, of the Qian clan, once governed Danqiu; Shao, possessing foreknowledge, said to him: "When you become the king of the state in the future, you should promote the Buddha's Dharma." His words were verified; the king sent emissaries into the mountains one after another, and later conferred upon him the title of Great Chan Master; whenever he spoke, everything proved true. Qian Renfeng, the Military Commissioner of Suzhou, fell ill and sent someone bearing incense to make a vow. Shao inscribed on the petition: "Eighty-one for the Duke." Renfeng received it and was delighted, saying: "My lifespan will be eighty-one years." On the eleventh day of the eighth month of that year, he passed away. There were many such instances. Before Shao passed away, the rocks of Huading collapsed, shaking and startling [people for] a hundred li around, and the mountain seemed consumed by a spreading wildfire; indeed, this was an omen of Shao's passing. After cremation, the śarīra were extremely numerous; when a stūpa was constructed, Zanning, the Metropolitan Saṅgha Rectifier, was ordered to compose the stūpa inscription. His lifespan was eighty-two, and his saṅgha age was sixty-four; it was on the twenty-eighth day of the sixth month of the renshen year, the fifth year of Kaibao [972 CE]. His Recorded Sayings circulated widely. He produced about a hundred disciples who transmitted the Dharma, and he also revived dozens of practice places of Great Master Zhiyi; having accomplished these deeds, he did not dwell on them, his mind-ground remaining calm and even. He was particularly skilled in the arts of divination, regarding benefiting others as foremost. To this day, people in the Jiangzhe region call him "the Great Monk."