宋高僧傳 17.32

17.32

釋智常者，挺拔出倫，操履清約，遍參知識，影附南泉，同遊大寂之門，乃見江西之道。元和中，駐錫廬山歸宗淨院。其徒響應，其法風行。無何，白樂天貶江州司馬，最加欽重。續以李渤員外，元和六年隱嵩少，以著作徵起。杜元頴排之，出為虔州刺史。南康曾未卒歲，遷江州刺史。渤洽聞多識，百家之書，無不該綜，號李萬卷矣。到郡，喜與白樂天相遇，因言潯陽廬阜山水之最，人物賢哲隱淪。論惠遠遺迹，遂述歸宗禪師善談禪要，李曰：「朝廷金牓早晚有嗜菜阿師名目。」白曰：「若然，則未識食菜阿師歟！」白彊勸遊二林，意同見常耳。及到歸宗，李問曰：「教中有言『須彌納芥子，芥子納須彌』，如何芥子納得須彌？」常曰：「人言博士學覽萬卷書籍，還是否耶？」李曰：「忝此虛名。」常曰：「摩踵至頂只若干尺身，萬卷書向何處著？」李俛首無言，再思稱歎。續有東林寺僧神建講諸經論，問「觸目菩提」，常略提舉。神建不體，乃發狀訟常示惡境界。時李判區分甚聞詣理。常有異相，目耀重瞳，遂將藥燻手，恒磨錯，不覺目眦俱紅，號赤眼歸宗矣。

Śramaṇa Zhichang stood out far above his peers; his conduct was pure and frugal. He visited spiritual friends everywhere, accompanied Nanquan like a shadow, and together they frequented the gate of Daji (Mazu Daoyi), thereby comprehending the Way of Jiangxi. During the Yuanhe era, he halted his staff at the pure cloister of Guizong on Mount Lu. His followers gathered like an echo, and his Dharma spread widely. Before long, Bai Letian (Bai Juyi) was demoted to Marshal of Jiangzhou and treated him with the utmost veneration. Subsequently, Vice Director Li Bo, who had lived in seclusion on Mounts Song and Shaoshi in the sixth year of Yuanhe, was summoned to office as an Imperial Collator. Suppressed by Du Yuanying, he was sent out to serve as Prefect of Qianzhou. Within less than a year in Nankang, he was transferred to become Prefect of Jiangzhou. Bo was broadly learned and deeply knowledgeable; of the books of the hundred schools, there were none he had not mastered, so he was called "Li Ten-Thousand-Volumes." Upon arriving in the commandery, he was delighted to meet Bai Letian, and they spoke of how Xunyang and Mount Lu possessed the finest landscapes and of the hermits and sages of the past. Discussing the former traces of Huiyuan, Bai then recounted that Chan Master Guizong was adept at discussing the essentials of Chan. Li said: "Sooner or later, the golden boards of the imperial court will display the name of this vegetable-eating monk!" Bai said: "If that is so, you do not yet know this vegetable-eating monk!" Bai urged him strongly to visit the Two Forests (Donglin and Xilin), intending that they meet Chang together. When they arrived at Guizong, Li asked: "In the teachings, it is said that 'Mount Sumeru contains a mustard seed, and a mustard seed contains Mount Sumeru.' How can a mustard seed contain Mount Sumeru?" Chang said: "People say you, Erudite Scholar, have read ten thousand volumes of books; is that so or not?" Li said: "I am unworthy of this empty reputation." Chang said: "From the soles of your feet to the crown of your head is only a body of a few feet; where do the ten thousand volumes of books go?" Li bowed his head in silence, and upon further reflection, exclaimed in praise. Later, the monk Shenjian of Donglin Temple, who lectured on various sūtras and treatises, asked about "Bodhi before one's eyes." Chang briefly brought it up; Shenjian did not comprehend, and instead filed a petition accusing Chang of manifesting evil realms. At that time, Li's adjudication of the matter was widely reputed to have hit upon the principle. Chang possessed an unusual physical sign: his eyes shone with double pupils. He therefore used medicine to fumigate his hands and constantly rubbed his eyes; before he realized it, the corners of his eyes had turned completely red, and he was known as "Red-Eyed Guizong."