[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) › 30.32 # 宋高僧傳 30.32 宋高僧傳 30.32 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [30.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.30.32) 釋齊己，姓胡，益陽人也。秉節高亮，氣貌劣陋。幼而捐俗於大溈山寺，聰敏逸倫，納圓品法，習學律儀。而性耽吟詠，氣調清淡。有禪客自德山來，述其理趣，己不覺神遊寥廓之場。乃躬往禮訊，既發解悟，都亡眹迹矣。如是藥山、鹿門、護國，凡百禪林，孰不參請。視其名利，悉若浮雲矣。於石霜法會，請知僧務。梁革唐命，天下紛紜。于時高季昌稟梁帝之命，攻逐雷滿出渚宮，已便為荊州留後，尋正受節度。迨乎均帝失御，河東莊宗自魏府入洛，高氏遂割據一方，搜聚四遠名節之士，得齊之義豐、南嶽之己，以為築金之始驗也。龍德元年辛巳中禮己於龍興寺淨院安置，給其月俸，命作僧正，非所好也。其如閑辰靜夜，多事篇章，乃作渚宮莫問篇十五章，以見意，且侚高之命耳。己頸有瘤贅，時號詩囊。棲約自安，破納擁身，枲麻纏膝。愛樂山水，懶謁王侯，至有「未曾將一字，容易謁諸侯」句為狎。華山隱士鄭谷詩相酬唱。卒，有《白蓮集》行于世，自號衡嶽沙門焉。 > Śramaṇa Qiji, whose secular surname was Hu, was a native of Yiyang. He maintained high and brilliant moral integrity, though his appearance was unimposing and crude. While young, he abandoned secular life at the monastery on Mount Dawei; exceedingly intelligent and surpassing the ordinary run of people, he received the full ordination precepts and studied the vinaya rules and deportment. Yet by nature he was addicted to chanting and composing poetry, with a style clear and untrammelled. A Chan traveler arrived from Deshan and expounded its principles, whereupon Qiji unconsciously found his spirit roaming the vast and boundless realm. He then personally went to pay homage and make inquiries, and having attained understanding and awakening, all traces and omens vanished entirely. In this way, Yaoshan, Lumen, Huguo—among all the hundreds of Chan groves, which did he not visit and consult? He looked upon fame and profit entirely as floating clouds. At the Dharma assembly of Shishuang, he was invited to direct monastic affairs. When the Liang displaced the Tang mandate, the realm was in turmoil. At that time, Gao Jichang, acting on the Liang emperor's orders, attacked and drove Lei Man out of Zhugong; thereupon he became the acting governor of Jingzhou, and soon formally received appointment as military commissioner. By the time Emperor Jundi lost control and Zhuangzong of Hedong entered Luoyang from Weifu, the Gao clan carved out an autonomous regional domain, gathering men of fame and integrity from afar; he obtained Yifeng of Qi and Qiji of the Southern Peak, regarding this as the initial verification of building his Golden Terrace. In the first year of Longde (xinsi, 921 CE), he showed respect to Qiji by settling him in a pure cloister at Longxing Temple, providing him with a monthly stipend and appointing him saṅgha director; this was not what Qiji preferred. Thus, on quiet mornings and calm nights, he was much occupied with verses; he composed fifteen pieces of the 'Zhugong mowen pian' (Ask Not in Zhugong) to express his mind, merely complying with Gao's orders. Qiji had a tumor on his neck, which contemporaries dubbed his 'poetry pouch.' He rested content in austerity, wrapping himself in a tattered robe and binding his knees with hemp. He delighted in mountains and waters and was averse to visiting kings and nobles, even composing the familiar lines: 'Never have I taken a single word / Lightly to call upon the feudal lords.' He exchanged poems with the Mount Hua recluse Zheng Gu. When he passed away, his Bailian ji (White Lotus Collection) circulated in the world; he styled himself 'the Śramaṇa of Mount Heng.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 30.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.30.31) - [Next: 30.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.30.33) - [Up: 30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.30) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061~en-mt.30.32) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.30.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.30.32) · Pramāṇa