宋高僧傳 15.34

15.34

釋藏用，不詳何許人也。從其拔俗，依棲嵩山空公為師。及乎年當應法，即於汾川炬律師所受上品形俱法。登詣洛中業公講肄，研覈律文，循其奧妙，無所不臻。洎聞有禪觀之學，遂登廬陟霍，涉漢泛湘，望雙峯之叢林。又歸，開法京輦，道既精粹，訓且均敷，藹然為物楷模，嚮風宗重。當建中中，已全三十許臘。尋應詔充臨壇首席，相繼度弟子越多。及居東城化塔，乃代宗之邸第也，推用主其綱任。苾芻至息慈，皆遵畏愛焉。席熊延客，揮麈開談，指衡山石也，有以識前身；傳曹谿鉢也，有以知後際。是以門多長者之轍，室滿度人之籌，益物良深，坐鎮雅俗。貞元中，左司正郎王鋗、南臺崔公繼和之。如是數公將議標題，兵部正郎程浩作都序，職方正郎知制誥吳通微書之，四年戊辰歲也。用公長於律學，急護任持。為上都之表則也。

Shi Cangyong: it is unknown from where he came. Transcending the mundane, he relied on Master Kong of Mount Song as his preceptor. When he reached the age prescribed by the Dharma, he received the superior corporeal precepts from Vinaya Master Ju at Fenchuan. Ascending to Luoyang, he attended the lectures of Master Ye, scrutinizing the vinaya texts and probing their subtleties, reaching every depth. Upon hearing of the practice of dhyāna contemplation, he climbed Mount Lu and ascended Mount Huo, traversed the Han River and sailed the Xiang, gazing toward the monastic groves of Shuangfeng. Returning, he opened the Dharma in the capital. His realization being pure and essence-like, and his instruction evenly spread, he was widely admired as a model for beings, revered by all who turned to his style. In the middle of the Jianzhong era, he had already completed some thirty saṅgha years. Soon, responding to imperial decree, he served as the chief of the ordination platform, successively ordaining a great number of disciples. Later he resided at the Huata in the eastern quarter of the city, which had formerly been the residence of Emperor Daizong; he was chosen to serve as its abbot. From bhikṣus down to novices, all revered and loved him. Spreading a bearskin mat to welcome guests and waving his chowry to begin discourse, he would point to the stones of Mount Heng to reveal past lives, and transmit the bowl of Caoxi to know future destinies. Thus elders' carriages crowded his gates, and tallies for saving beings filled his room; he benefited creatures most profoundly, seated presiding over both the elegant and the vulgar. During the Zhenyuan era, Director of the Left Bureau Wang Juan and Censor of the South Tribunal Cui Jiao composed verses in harmony. Several such gentlemen planned to formulate a commemorative title, Director of the Bureau of Military Affairs Cheng Hao wrote the general preface, and Director of the Bureau of Operations and Drafter of Edicts Wu Tongwei inscribed it; this was the fourth year, the wuchen year. Master Yong was outstanding in the study of the vinaya, strictly upholding and maintaining it. He was a paragon of the Upper Capital.