[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [宋高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061) › 28.6 # 宋高僧傳 28.6 宋高僧傳 28.6 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.28.6) 釋光嗣，姓李氏，太原文水人也。沖幼孤靜，罕雜童稚。信尚臺山，乃為真容院浩威之高足也。納戒後，器宇穹隆，㥽繫包桑，出求禪法。歷于年稔，內外之學優長，口海崩騰，良難抗敵。由是決意越重湖，登閩嶺，盛談文殊世界，聞者竦動。忠懿王王氏大施香茗，遣使送山寺焉！癸酉歲，至兩浙，謁武肅王錢氏，厚禮遲之，施文殊聖眾供物香茶并鉢盂一萬副。應吳越諸州牧宰皆刻俸入緣。仍泛海至滄州，運物入山。時降龍大師者率領彈壓，緇伍畏焉，為其分散諸寺蘭若，眾寡均等。時徒侶堅請嗣主院，宣補僧官轄諸臺寺院，命曰都綱，師號超化，居于僧上，若鯤鳳之領鱗羽焉！十五年間，興建梵宇，齋飼僧尼，不勝紀極。以天福元年遘疾，至九月五日遷滅。門人起塔，藏其靈骨舍利，至今存焉。 > Śramaṇa Guangsi was surnamed Li and was a native of Wenshui in Taiyuan. In his youth he was solitary and quiet, rarely mingling with children. Believing in and esteeming Mount Wutai, he became a foremost disciple of Haowei of Zhenrong Cloister. After receiving the precepts, his capacity was vast, and with a heart rooted in steadfastness, he went out to seek Chan teachings. Over the years, his learning in both inner and outer texts became superior, and his ocean of eloquence surged so that it was difficult to match. Thereupon he resolved to cross the multiple lakes and ascend the mountains of Min, extensively speaking on the world of Mañjuśrī, so that his listeners were stirred with awe. King Zhongyi of the Wang clan made great offerings of incense and tea, sending an envoy to dispatch them to the mountain temple! In the gui-you year, he arrived in Liangzhe to have an audience with King Wusu of the Qian clan, who treated him with generous courtesy and deference, donating offerings of incense, tea, and ten thousand sets of bowls for the holy assembly of Mañjuśrī. The governors and magistrates across the prefectures of Wu and Yue all docked their stipends to contribute. He then sailed by sea to Cangzhou and transported the goods into the mountain. At that time, Grand Master Xianglong commanded and restrained the assembly, and the monks held him in awe; he distributed the supplies equally among the various temples and hermits, balancing the larger and smaller groups. At that time, the followers earnestly requested Si to preside over the cloister, and the court proclaimed his appointment as a saṅgha official governing the cloisters of the various terraces, calling him Rector, with the master's title Chaohua. He resided above the saṅgha like a kun fish or a phoenix leading the fish and fowl! For fifteen years, he erected Buddhist temples and provided meals for monks and nuns beyond measure. In the first year of Tianfu, he contracted an illness, and on the fifth day of the ninth month he passed away. His disciples built a stūpa to enshrine his sacred bones and relics, which still exist today. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.28.5) - [Next: 28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.28.7) - [Up: 28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.28) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061~en-mt.28.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.28.6) · Pramāṇa