宋高僧傳 28.12

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釋師會，俗姓巨，漢荊州刺史武之後，祖徙家北燕，遂為薊門人也。考諱知古，母趙氏。會童孩出俗，禮薊州溫泉院道丕為師匠焉。業成，年滿，受具於金臺寶剎寺壇。梁開平中萍梗任飄於河朔，杯盂隨步於江淮，乃抵漢南遇觀音院巖俊，班荊話道，抵掌論心。且曰：「子還聞投子山有大同禪師已否？」曰：「聞而未見。」曰：「宜亟往焉。」及參大同，跬步之間，舉揚之外，洗焉明白，其安坦然。乾化二年，來梁苑，謝俊公曰：「始者攸攸岐路，茫茫生死，紫實昧朱，狂斯濫哲。苟不奉師友指歸，幾一生空度。今以穢蕕，請與薰同器而藏，可乎？」俊公與會胥德留入法席。四年秋，有寶積坊羅漢院志修堅請會代居所住焉，苫蓋五間而已。乃感檀越尚書左丞吳藹、兵部侍郎張袞——若袁粲之謁寶亮，徐湛之禮惠通——，共發奉章，賜額曰天壽焉！四海之僧，翕然而至。歷三十五載，供僧二百餘萬，用其財寶，無少混淆，耿介可知也。天福七年，晉高祖以會行成于內，聲聞於外，勅賜紫衣。開運元年，賜號曰法相。紫衣則藏以受持，師號則蔑其稱謂。且曰：「我本不求名，名來自求我。知其白而守其黑，和其光而同其塵，世幻逡巡，時不我與。」三年七月二十六日累諸門人，帖然而滅，春秋六十七，夏臘四十八。闍維，收舍利數百粒，起塔於東郊汴陽鄉也。刑部侍郎邊歸讜為碑頌德云。

Shi Shihui, whose secular surname was Ju, was a descendant of Wu, Inspector of Jingzhou under the Han; his grandfather moved the household to Northern Yan, so he became a native of Jimen. His father was named Zhigu, and his mother was Lady Zhao. Hui renounced the secular life as a child, taking Daopi of Wenquan Cloister in Jizhou as his master. When his studies were completed and he came of age, he received full ordination at the altar of Jintai Baocha Temple. During the Kaiping era of the Liang, like floating duckweed he drifted across Heshuo, and carrying his bowl followed his steps along the Changjiang and Huai Rivers. He arrived in Hannan and met Yanjun of Guanyin Cloister; they sat on the rush mats talking of the Way and clapped hands discussing the mind. Jun said: 'Have you heard of Chan Master Datong of Mount Touzi?' He replied: 'I have heard of him but have not seen him.' Jun said: 'You should go there immediately.' When he visited Datong, within half a step and beyond words, he was cleansed and made lucid, his mind completely at peace. In the second year of Qianhua (912), he came to Liangyuan and thanked Master Jun, saying: 'At first, the branching roads were endless, and life and death were vast and dim; purple was truly confused with vermilion, and folly was mingled with wisdom. Had I not received guidance from teachers and friends, I would have nearly spent a lifetime in vain. Now, like foul weed, I ask to be stored in the same vessel with sweet scent; may I?' Master Jun and Hui mutually appreciated each other’s virtue, and he stayed to join the assembly. In the autumn of the fourth year (914), Zhixiu of Luohan Cloister in Baoji Ward firmly requested Hui to take his place and reside there; it was only a five-bay thatched building. Thereupon he moved the donors, Wu Ai, Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs, and Zhang Gun, Vice Minister of War—just as Yuan Can had visited Baoliang, and Xu Zhanzhi had paid respects to Huitong—who jointly submitted a memorial, and an imperial plaque naming it Tianshou was bestowed. Monks from across the four seas gathered like a flock. Over thirty-five years, he provided meals for more than two million monks, and in using their wealth and treasures, there was not the slightest confusion; his uprightness can be known from this. In the seventh year of Tianfu (942), Emperor Gaozu of Jin, because Hui’s conduct was perfected within and his reputation was heard abroad, imperial decreed to bestow a purple robe. In the first year of Kaiyun (944), he was granted the title Faxiang. The purple robe he stored away according to the precepts, and the master's title he ignored being addressed by. He said: 'I originally did not seek fame; fame came of its own accord seeking me.