[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) › 29.54 # 宋高僧傳 29.54 宋高僧傳 29.54 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [29.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.29.54) 釋慧涉，俗姓謝氏，會稽人也。即東晉太傅安之後。是知傑氣英靈，間代而出。津梁拔俗，異世豈無？涉為人清素，戒節孤峻，好寂為樂，不棲名聞。以大曆之初，於金陵莊嚴寺遇牛頭山忠禪師，一言知歸，遂命入室，授其法要。服膺道化，待之彌載，不憚其勞。洎忠捐世，踵武茲嶺，無遊人境。一衣方丈，操節彌高。自是以來，問道者眾，四維方域，無不霑洽，五十年中，翕然歸德。以長慶二年終於山院，春秋八十有二。門弟子惟晏等奉全師禮，建塔於寺之西北，勒銘紀德。若考師之藝文，則草堂、廬嶽，各美於當代矣。 > Śramaṇa Huishe, secular surname Xie, was a native of Kuaiji. He was a descendant of Xie An, the Grand Tutor of the Eastern Jin. Thus one knows that heroic spirits and eminent talents emerge once in a generation; how could there be an era without someone who acts as a bridge to transcend the vulgar? She was pure and plain as a person, his moral discipline solitary and lofty; he delighted in quietude and took joy in it, never lingering on fame or reputation. In the beginning of the Dali era, he met Chan Master Zhong of Mount Niutou at Zhuangyan Temple in Jinling; with a single word he knew his refuge, and was thereupon invited into the master's room and conferred the essentials of the Dharma. He embraced the transforming influence of the Way, attending upon the master for many years without shrinking from any toil. When Zhong passed away, She followed in his footsteps upon this mountain, never wandering into human settlements. With a single robe in his square-rod room, his moral integrity grew ever loftier. From that time on, those who inquired after the Way were numerous; across the four quarters, all were permeated by his influence, and during fifty years, all gathered to take refuge in his virtue. In the second year of the Changqing era, he died at the mountain cloister, at the age of eighty-two. His disciples Weiyan and others performed the full rites of a disciple for their master, built a stūpa to the northwest of the temple, and carved an inscription to record his virtue. If one examines the master's literary arts, they rivaled those of Caotang and Mount Lu, each excelling in their own generation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 29.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.29.53) - [Next: 29.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.29.55) - [Up: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.29) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061~en-mt.29.54) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.29.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.29.54) · Pramāṇa