宋高僧傳 21.30

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釋亡名者，不知何許人也，居褒城西數十里，號中梁山——數峯迴負，翠碧凝空，處于厥中。行終詭異，言語不常，恒見者弗驚，乍親者可怪。平常酷嗜酒而食肉，麁重公行，又綱任眾事，且多折中，僧亦畏焉，號為上座。時群緇伍一皆倣習，唯此無懼。上座察知而興歎曰：「未住淨心地，何敢逆行？逆行非諸人境界。且世云『金以火試』，待吾一日一時試過。」開成中忽作大餅，招集徒眾曰：「與汝曹遊尸陀林去。」蓋城外山野多墳塚，人所棄屍於此，故云也。上座踞地舒餅裹腐爛死屍，向口便啖，俊快之狀頗嘉，同遊諸僧皆掩鼻唾地而走。上座大叫曰：「汝等能餧此肉，方可餧他肉也已。」自此緇徒警悟，化成精苦焉。遠近歸信。時右僕射柳仲郢任梁府，親往禮重。終時云年可八、九十。真影存于山寺。至今梁、益、三輔間止呼為興元上座云。奇蹤異迹不少，未極詳焉。

Shi Anonymous was a person of unknown origin. He lived several tens of li west of Baocheng on what is called Middle Mount Liang—where several peaks encircle and lean against one another, their azure greenery congealed in the sky, and he dwelled in their midst. His conduct was consistently erratic and his speech unusual; those who saw him constantly were not alarmed, but those who newly approached him found him bizarre. Usually he was passionately fond of wine and ate meat, openly engaging in coarse and heavy actions. Yet he managed the various affairs of the community and was often balanced and fair, so the monks also feared him and called him the Sthavira. At the time, the monastic assembly all imitated his behavior, but only he had no fear. The Sthavira perceived this, sighed, and said, "Before abiding in the pure mind-ground, how dare one practice transgressive conduct? Transgressive conduct is not a realm for ordinary people. Moreover, the worldly saying goes, 'Gold is tested with fire'—wait until one day, at one moment, I test it." During the Kaicheng era, he suddenly made a huge pancake, summoned his followers, and said, "I shall go with you all to visit the Śītavana." Because the mountain wilderness outside the city had many graves and burial mounds where people discarded corpses, he spoke thus. The Sthavira squatted on the ground, spread out the pancake, wrapped a decaying corpse in it, and stuffed it into his mouth and ate it; his brisk and hearty demeanor was quite remarkable. The monks traveling with him all covered their noses, spat on the ground, and ran away. The Sthavira shouted loudly, "Only when you can feed on this meat may you feed on other meat!" From this, the monastic followers were startled into awakening and transformed into practitioners of painstaking austerity. People near and far took refuge in faith. At that time, Vice Director of the Right Liu Zhongying was serving in Liang Prefecture and went in person to pay him reverence. When he died, it was said that his age was about eighty or ninety. His true portrait remains in the mountain temple. To this day, between Liang, Yi, and the Three Capital Regions, they simply call him the Xingyuan Sthavira. His wondrous traces and strange deeds were not few, but have not been fully detailed.