宋高僧傳 25.19

25.19

釋文照，不知何許人也。本敦朴遲訥之人耳，然見佛像則悅懌。一旦詣柏梯寺，禮曇延法師畫影出家。專念諸經，罔知詮顯，常憤受性昏濁。忽若假寐，見曇延法師身長一丈，目光四射，謂照曰：「爾所欲者，吾安能致之？吾有聰明經一卷，求之於彼，必謹而持，取感應若俯拾地芥耳！」即袖中出以授之，則《金剛般若》也。登即執讀，七過而便驚寤，經猶在目。然後念通無滯，如久習焉。其喉舌間曲折浮沈，尋變入節，非常調也。自此聰敏日新，辯給在口，時謂為觀音附麗于厥躬也。且曰：「我師是周隋國師。凡所纂集義疏，必乘夢寐而神授，我無愧為資矣。」

Śramaṇa Wenzhao, no one knows where he was from. He was originally a simple, rustic, and hesitant speaker, yet whenever he saw an image of the Buddha he was filled with joy. One day he went to Baiti Temple, paid homage before the painted likeness of Dharma Master Tanyan, and left home. Devoting himself to chanting the various scriptures, he did not understand their meanings and explanations, and was constantly indignant at his naturally muddled disposition. Suddenly, as if dozing, he saw Dharma Master Tanyan, ten feet tall, his eyes radiating light in all directions, who said to Zhao: 'How could I bestow what you desire? I have a scroll of the Scripture of Intelligence; seek it there and be sure to uphold it with care, and obtaining supernatural responses will be as easy as picking up mustard seeds from the ground!' He then produced it from his sleeve and handed it to him; it was the Diamond Prajñā. Zhao immediately took it and read it; after seven readings he awoke with a start, the scripture still before his eyes. Thereafter he recited it fluently without impediment, as if he had practiced it long. The modulations, rises, and falls of his throat and tongue instantly adjusted into rhythmic meter, unlike ordinary tunes. From then on, his intelligence became daily renewed and eloquence was ever on his lips; at the time people said that Avalokiteśvara had attached himself to his person. Moreover, he said: 'My master was the State Preceptor of the Zhou and Sui dynasties. Whenever he compiled commentaries and subcommentaries, he was always divinely instructed through dreams; I am not ashamed to be his disciple.'