宋高僧傳 30.10

30.10

釋頭陀，本下𨛋磨家之子，然其器度溫潤，若長者之規。厥父課令其守磨，夜深憫驢牛之困憊，自己代之。放其畜嚙草飲水歇臥者。父母知之，為其罷業。兒亦乞出家，遂落髮受具。持無嗔怒，唯收拾糞掃物為衣，可重數斤。臥具三十年未嘗更易。苦節之行，無有倫比，真定之民重之。而不受人供施，號抖擻上人焉。

Śramaṇa Toutuo was originally the son of a miller from the lower mill; yet his capacity and demeanor were gentle and generous, showing the standard of an elder. His father tasked him with guarding the mill; deep in the night, pitying the exhaustion of the donkeys and oxen, he replaced them with himself, turning the animals loose to graze on grass, drink water, and rest. When his parents learned of this, they ceased their business for his sake. The son also begged to renounce worldly life; he thereupon shaved his hair and received the full precepts. He upheld a mind free from anger, and only gathered rag-heap garments to make robes, which weighed several pounds. For thirty years, he never once changed his bedding. The practice of his bitter asceticism was without equal, and the people of Zhending held him in high esteem. Yet he did not accept offerings from others, so they called him the 'Senior Ascetic' (Dhūta).