宋高僧傳 29.23

29.23

釋神逈，未詳何許人也。幼入法流，齊莊自任，節高行峭，不惡而嚴。晚年慕稱心寺大義律師，同習三觀於天台宗，得旨於左溪禪師，即寶應年中也。加以辭筆宏贍，華藻紛紜，為《朗師真影讚》、〈法華經文句序〉，冠絕于時，為世所貴。不詳厥終焉。

Shi Shenjiong; it is not known where he came from. In his youth he entered the stream of the Dharma, bearing himself with solemnity and gravity; his integrity was lofty and his conduct steep, imposing without harshness. In his later years he admired Vinaya Master Dayi of Chengxin Temple, studied the Three Contemplations of the Tiantai school together with him, and received the essential doctrine from Chan Master Zuoxi; this was during the Baoying era. Furthermore, his prose was expansive and rich, with an abundance of rhetorical adornment. He composed the *Eulogy for Master Lang's Portrait* and the *Preface to the Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sūtra*, which surpassed those of his time and were prized by the world. It is not known how he ended his life.