宋高僧傳 21.25

21.25

釋隱峯，俗姓鄧氏，建州邵武人也。稚歲憨狂，不侚父母之命，出家納法。後往觀方，見池陽南泉禪師，令取澡罐，提舉相應，為願公所許焉，終認嗣馬禪師耳。峯元和中言遊五臺山，路出淮西，屬吳元濟阻兵，違拒王命。官軍與賊遇，交鋒未決勝負。峯曰：「我去解其殺戮。」乃擲錫空中，飛身冉冉隨去，介兩軍陣過，戰士各觀僧飛騰，不覺抽戈匣刃焉。既而遊遍靈跡，忽於金剛窟前倒立而死，亭亭然其直如植。時議靈穴之前，當舁就爇，屹定如山，併力不動，遠近瞻覩，驚歎希奇。峯有妹為尼，入五臺，瞋目咄之曰：「老兄疇昔為不循法律，死且熒惑於人。」時眾已知妹雖骨肉，豈敢携貳，請從恒度，以手輕攘，僨然而仆。遂荼毘之，收舍利入塔，號鄧隱峯。遺一頌云：「獨絃琴子為君彈，松柏長青不怯寒，金鑛相和性自別，任向君前試取看。」

Shi Yinfeng, secular surname Deng, was a native of Shaowu in Jianzhou. In his youth he was bold and wild, refusing to comply with his parents' commands, and went forth into homelessness to receive the Dharma. Later, traveling to observe other regions, he went to see Chan Master Nanquan in Chiyang. Nanquan ordered him to fetch a water pitcher; Yinfeng lifted it up in accord with his intention, which Master Yuan approved of, though ultimately he acknowledged Chan Master Ma as his Dharma heir. During the Yuanhe era, Feng set out to travel to Mount Wutai, his route passing through Huaixi. It happened that Wu Yuanji was rebelling with troops, defying royal commands. The imperial army encountered the rebels, and their clash had not yet decided victory or defeat. Feng said, "I shall go and resolve their slaughter." He thereupon tossed his khakkhara into the air, and his body flew swiftly following it, passing right between the battle arrays of the two armies. The soldiers on both sides watched the monk soaring, and unconsciously lowered their spears and sheathed their blades. After that, he traveled to all the sacred sites, and suddenly died standing upside down before the Vajra Cave, standing towering and straight like an upright tree. At the time, it was discussed that before the sacred cave, he should be lifted away to be cremated, but he stood as motionless as a mountain; combining their strength, they could not budge him. People near and far beheld him, marveling at the wondrous rarity. Feng had a sister who was a nun; she entered Mount Wutai, glared at him, and scolded, "Old brother! In the past you never followed the rules, and in death you are still deluding people!" The assembly already knew that although she was his sister, how could she harbor double-mindedness? She asked him to follow the constant norm, nudged him lightly with her hand, and he tumbled over to the ground. Thereupon they cremated him, collected his śarīra, and placed them in a stupa, naming him Deng Yinfeng. He left behind a verse that said:
"A single-stringed lute I play for you,
Pine and cypress stay ever green, unfearing of the cold.
When gold and ore are mixed together, their natures remain distinct;
Feel free to test it right before you and see."