宋高僧傳 22.29

22.29

釋行滿者，萬州南浦人也。羇貫成童，厥性明黠，篤辭所親，求為佛子。受戒方畢，聞重湖間禪道隆盛，石霜之門濟濟多士，遂往求解。屬諸禪師棄代，滿往豫章，觀諸法席，既得安然。次聞天台靈聖之跡，由是結束遊之，棲華頂峯下智者院，知眾僧茶竈。見人怡懌，居幾十載，未覩其慍色。臥一土床，空其下，燒糞掃而煖之。每日脫衣就床，則蚤𧒢蟄蜇焉唼之，及餧飼得所，還著衣如故。或人潛捫其衣，蚤蝨寂無蹤矣。先是居房檻外有巨松，橫枝之上寄生小樹。每遇滿出坐也，其寄生木必嫋嫋而側，時謂此樹作禮茶頭也。或不信者，專伺滿出，則紛紛然。滿去，則屹立亭亭，更無動搖。雖隨眾食，量少分而止。四十年內，人未見其便溺。以開寶中預向人說「我當行矣」。令眾僧念文殊名號相助，默焉坐化，春秋年可八十餘。滿多作偈頌以唱道焉。

Shi Xingman was a native of Nanpu in Wanzhou. When he reached boyhood, with his hair bound up, his nature was bright and clever. He earnestly bid farewell to his kinsmen to seek to become a son of the Buddha. Just after he had received upasampadā, he heard that the way of Chan flourished between the lakes, and that at the gate of Shishuang there were distinguished men in great numbers, so he went thither to seek understanding. It happened that various Chan masters were passing away, so Man went to Yuzhang to observe the various Dharma assemblies, whereupon he attained peace. Next, he heard of the miraculous and sacred traces on Mount Tiantai; he therefore packed his baggage and journeyed there, residing at the Zhizhe Cloister below Huading Peak, overseeing the tea stove for the assembly of monks. Whenever he met people he was cheerful and joyful; having lived there for several decades, no one ever saw a look of anger on his face. He slept on an earthen bed, hollowed out underneath, burning rubbish to warm it. Every day when he took off his clothes and went to bed, fleas and bedbugs would bite and sting him, sucking him; when they were properly fed, he put his clothes back on as before. If someone secretly felt around his clothes, there was no trace of fleas or lice whatsoever. Previously, outside the balustrade of his room, there was a giant pine tree, upon whose horizontal boughs grew a parasitic tree. Whenever Man came out to sit, this parasitic tree would invariably sway and incline; at the time, people called it the tree bowing in respect to the tea master. Those who did not believe this would deliberately wait for Man to come out, and it would indeed sway; when Man left, it would stand upright and lofty, moving no more. Although he took his meals along with the assembly, he stopped after only a small portion. Within forty years, no one had seen him defecate or urinate. During the Kaibao era, he told people in advance, "I shall depart." He asked the assembly of monks to chant the name of Mañjuśrī to assist him, and silently passed away in a seated posture. His age was about eighty-odd. Man composed many verses and hymns to guide and preach.