宋高僧傳 24.27

24.27

釋洪正，俗姓常氏，未詳何許人也。居于岷蜀間蘭若，往因有疾，所苦沈綿。從復平寧，發誓恒誦《金剛般若經》，日以二十過為准，精持靡曠。時隣僧守賢夜坐，見二鬼使手操文牒，私相謂曰：「取攝僧洪正。」一使曰：「為其默念《般若》，傍有大奇荷護，無計近得。又患責限遲延，今別得計。見有直府東門者姓常，又與僧同名，復曾為僧，來供爾攝去，以塞違殿也。」守賢聞之驚異，且志其事。明日，密問門子，常洪正已死。守賢先持《彌陀經》，後改業焉。洪正後不測其終。

Śramaṇa Hongzheng, whose secular surname was Chang, was from an unknown place of origin. He lived in a hermitage between Min and Shu. In the past, because of an illness, his suffering had lingered long. After he recovered peace and health, he made a vow to constantly recite the Diamond Wisdom Sūtra, taking twenty times a day as his quota, practicing with devotion without negligence. At that time, a neighboring monk, Shouxian, was sitting at night and saw two ghostly messengers holding documents, saying to each other in secret: 'Let us arrest the monk Hongzheng.' One messenger said: 'Because he silently recites the Prajñā, there is an extraordinary protection beside him, so there is no way we can get close to him. Furthermore, we fear being punished for exceeding the time limit, so now I have another plan. I see that the gatekeeper on duty at the eastern gate of the prefecture has the surname Chang, shares the same given name as this monk, and was formerly a monk as well; let us arrest him to make up for the delay.' Shouxian was astonished to hear this and made a note of the matter. The next day, he made discreet inquiries of the gatekeeper: the lay Chang Hongzheng was already dead. Shouxian had previously upheld the Amitābha Sūtra, but afterward shifted his practice [to the Diamond Sūtra]. Later, Hongzheng's end was unknown.