宋高僧傳 29.52

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釋道齊，俗姓趙氏，錢塘人也。幼而察慧，器度浩然，入于庠序，經籍淹通。偶立當衢，見僧分衛，行諷淨名經，冥然喜之。且召入家設食，問僧「為居何寺？」答曰：「定水伽藍。」因請父母出家，母曰：「吾生汝時，夢手擎日月，甞占是夢，云貴子，有五等之分。脫或捨家，吾無望矣。」由是往定水從師。年十七，進具，習毘尼法。復投靈隱寺，學華嚴經義。自爾於天竺寺修習禪定，行杜多行。其山有石窟，齊於中坐，忽巨蟒矯首唅呀為吞噬之狀，愀然不動。時有虎豹近于石室，群鹿時時馴擾。又山椒乏水，以錫杖剟地，其泉迸流，實供其用。貞元二十一年，四方學者勸請講華嚴經，時雪飄飛，忽生華二本，狀若芙蕖，熠爚光發，觀者嗟歎，見所未見。齊道譽惟馨，其節儉惡衣惡食，人所不勝。後終于山寺焉。又唐太行山釋法如，俗姓韓，慈州人也。少為商賈，心從平準，至今東京相國寺，發心依洪思法師出家。隷業偕通，遂往嵩少間，遊於洛邑，遇神會祖師授其心訣。後登太行山，見馬頭峯下可以棲神，結茅而止。有褚墪戍將王文信率眾建精廬焉。刺史李亞卿中丞命入城，不赴。示寂，報齡八十九。元和六年三月遷塔云。

Śramaṇa Daoqi, secular surname Zhao, was a native of Qiantang. As a child he was perceptive and bright, with a magnanimous temperament; upon entering the local school, he became thoroughly versed in the canonical texts. Once, standing by a crossroads, he saw a monk on almsround chanting the *Vimalakīrtinirdeśa-sūtra*, and was filled with quiet joy. Thereupon he invited the monk into his house, provided a meal, and asked him, 'In which temple do you reside?' The monk answered, 'The Dingshui Saṅghārāma.' Consequently, he asked his parents for permission to renounce the household life. His mother said, 'When I gave birth to you, I dreamt that my hands held up the sun and moon. I once had this dream divined, and it was said you would be a noble son, destined for high nobility. If you abandon the family, my hopes will be gone.' Nevertheless, he went to Dingshui to follow a teacher. At the age of seventeen, he received the full precepts and studied the vinaya. He then approached Lingyin Temple to study the doctrines of the *Avataṃsaka-sūtra*. From then on, he cultivated dhyāna meditation at Tianzhu Temple and practiced the dhūta austerities. On that mountain there was a stone cave, in which Qi sat; suddenly a giant python raised its head with mouth agape as if to swallow him, but he remained calm and motionless. At times tigers and leopards approached his stone chamber, and herds of deer frequently came to be tamed. Furthermore, water was scarce on the mountain peak; he struck the ground with his tin staff, and a spring gushed forth, truly supplying his needs. In the twenty-first year of the Zhenyuan era, scholars from the four directions urged and requested him to lecture on the *Avataṃsaka-sūtra*; snow was fluttering down when suddenly two stems of flowers sprouted, shaped like lotuses and radiating dazzling light. The onlookers gasped in admiration, having never seen anything like it. Qi's reputation for virtue was fragrant, and his frugality—wearing coarse clothes and eating simple food—was beyond what others could endure. Later he ended his life at the mountain temple. There was also Śramaṇa Faru of Mount Taihang during the Tang, secular surname Han, a native of Cizhou. In his youth he was a merchant, with his mind set on leveling prices. When he came to the present Eastern Capital's Xiangguo Temple, he resolved to renounce the household under Dharma Master Hongsi. After mastering his studies, he proceeded to the Song and Shaoshi Mountains and traveled to the city of Luoyang, where he met the ancestral master Shenhui, who transmitted the essentials of the mind to him. Later, climbing Mount Taihang, he saw that below the Matou Peak was a place where he could settle his spirit, so he tied thatched grass and took up residence. Wang Wenxin, the garrison commander of Chudun, led the multitude to build a monastery for him. Surveillance Commissioner and Censor Li Yaqing ordered him to enter the city, but he did not go. He manifested extinction at the age of eighty-nine. In the third month of the sixth year of the Yuanhe era, his stūpa was relocated.