宋高僧傳 16.6

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釋道澄，姓梁氏，京兆人也。父涉中書舍人。生而奇表，輒惡葷肴，出家如歸，無所顧戀。忽遇禪僧，摩頂與立名曰道澄。缾錫常隨，冥合律範，號律沙彌也。受具之後，習聽《南山律》於諸學處，微其玷缺。然性都率略，住寺不恒，或奉恩、莊嚴、草堂等寺，所到便居，護生為切。建中二年，坐夏於雲陽山，有虎哮吼入其門。澄徐語之，其虎搖尾襵耳而退。徙居章信寺，或問其故，澄曰：「出家者可滯一方乎？西域三時分房，俾無貪著，『觀門』易立矣。不然者，豈通方廣恕乎？」貞元二年二月八日，帝於寺受菩薩戒，京甸傾瞻，賜賚隆洽，所受而迴施二田矣。五年，帝幸其寺，問澄修心法門。又勅為妃主嬪御受菩薩戒。十六年四月，勅賜號曰大圓。十九年九月十八日，終于此寺焉。

Shi Daocheng was surnamed Liang and was a native of Jingzhao. His father, Liang She, was a Secretariat Drafter. Born with extraordinary features, he always abhorred meat dishes. He entered monastic life as if returning home, without lingering attachments. Suddenly he encountered a dhyāna monk, who rubbed his head and gave him the name Daocheng. Water bottle and tin staff constantly accompanied him, and he silently conformed to the norms of the vinaya, so that he was called 'the Vinaya Śrāmaṇera.' After receiving the full precepts, he studied and listened to the *Nanshan Vinaya* at various training places, free of any flaw or defect. However, his nature was generally informal and casual, and he did not reside permanently in one temple; he stayed at Feng'en, Zhuangyan, and Caotang temples, dwelling wherever he arrived, making the protection of living beings his utmost priority. In the second year of the Jianzhong era, while spending the summer retreat at Mount Yunyang, a tiger roaring entered his door. Daocheng spoke to it gently; the tiger wagged its tail, folded its ears, and retreated. He moved to reside at Zhangxin Temple; when someone asked the reason, Daocheng said: 'Can one who has left home remain stuck in one place? In the Western Regions, rooms are reassigned across the three seasons so that there is no greedy attachment, and the "gate of contemplation" is easily established. Otherwise, how could one achieve universal breadth and vast magnanimity?' On the eighth day of the second month of the second year of the Zhenyuan era, the Emperor received the bodhisattva precepts at the temple; the metropolitan region looked up to him in reverence, and imperial gifts were abundantly bestowed, which he received and redirected as donations to the two fields [of merit]. In the fifth year, the Emperor visited his temple and inquired of Daocheng regarding the Dharma-gate for cultivating the mind. He was also imperial commanded to confer the bodhisattva precepts on the consorts, princesses, and imperial ladies. In the fourth month of the sixteenth year, an imperial decree conferred on him the title 'Dayuan' (Great Perfection). On the eighteenth day of the ninth month of the nineteenth year, he passed away at this temple.