宋高僧傳 24.11

24.11

釋明慧，不知何許人也。簡默恭己，約志蠲明，耐乎寒餒，誓求大乘。精進之鎧介躬，睡眠之魔退跡，是以初中後夜念誦經行。時玄奘三藏在京兆北坊部玉華宮翻《大般若經》畢，麟德元年示滅。其夜子時，慧旋遶佛堂，忽見北方有白虹四道從北亘南，橫跨東井，直勢貫慈恩塔院，歷歷分明。慧心怪焉，即自念曰：「昔如來滅度，白虹十二道從西貫于太微，於是有雙林之滅。今有此相，將非玉華法師有無常事邪？」申旦向眾述其所見，眾咸怪之。至九日，凶問至京，正符所見。慧彌增篤勵，老而無懈，未知終所。

Shi Minghui, whose origins are unknown. He was reserved, silent, and deferential, possessing restrained resolve and purified clarity; enduring cold and hunger, he vowed to seek the Mahāyāna. Clad in the armor of vigor, the demon of sleep retreated; thus he intoned scriptures and practiced walking meditation during the early, middle, and late night watches. At the time, Tripiṭaka Master Xuanzang had completed the translation of the Mahāprajñāpāramitā-sūtra at Yuhua Palace in the Northern Ward of the capital region, and manifested his demise in the first year of Linde. That night at the zi hour, as Hui was circumambulating the Buddha hall, he suddenly saw four white rainbows in the north stretching from north to south, spanning across the Well constellation and penetrating straight through the Cien Pagoda compound, distinct and clear. Hui wondered at this in his heart, thinking to himself: 'Formerly when the Tathāgata entered extinction, twelve white rainbows pierced through the Supreme Subtlety enclosure from the west, whereupon the extinction at the Twin Trees occurred. Now that this sign has appeared, could Master Yuhua have met with impermanence?' When morning came, he recounted what he had seen to the assembly, and all marveled at it. On the ninth day, the mournful report arrived in the capital, matching exactly what he had seen. Hui became even more earnest and diligent, remaining unflagging in old age. Where he ended his life is unknown.