宋高僧傳 29.21

29.21

餘姚休光寺釋真法師，金華人也，俗姓王氏。真𩭤丱辭家，童蒙悟道，發大精進，堅持戒地。一門之中，數人緇服。真學習師古，義成先聖；八部經理，宛在掌中；三乘法源，盡於度內。天寶六年，太守秦公、長史狄公知其行高，遂以名薦，主休光寺焉。二公常相謂曰：「真公通深妙法，玄無上義，問一得三。言發響應。昔利涉辯博，僧會智周，與之齊驅，未可同日。」以其八年終于寺，本縣令王璲述德刊銘，洪元眘書焉。

Shi Master Zhen of Xiuguang Temple in Yuyao was a native of Jinhua, with the secular surname Wang. In his youth Zhen left his family; enlightened to the Way as a child, he gave rise to great vigor and firmly upheld the ground of the precepts. Within his single clan, several individuals wore the dark robes. In his studies Zhen took the ancients as his teachers, his comprehension matching the former sages; the principles of the eight divisions of scriptures were right in his palm, and the source of the Dharma of the Three Vehicles was entirely within his measure. In the sixth year of Tianbao, Prefect Lord Qin and Vice-Prefect Lord Di recognized the loftiness of his conduct and therefore recommended him by name to preside over Xiuguang Temple. The two lords often remarked to one another: “Master Zhen penetrates the profound and marvelous Dharma and the obscure, unsurpassable principle. Asked about one, he gives three in return; as his words issue, echoes respond. Formerly, Lishi was eloquent and erudite, and Sengrui’s wisdom was comprehensive; to run abreast with him, they could not be mentioned in the same day.” In the eighth year [of Tianbao] he passed away at the temple. The local magistrate Wang Sui recounted his virtues and carved the inscription, and Hong Yuanshen wrote the calligraphy.