[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) › 6.12 # 宋高僧傳 6.12 宋高僧傳 6.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.6.12) 釋智威，姓蔣氏，縉雲人也。頴脫塵蒙，心遊物表，少事師于軒轅氏鍊丹山。聞天台宗教盛，遂負笈往沃洲石城寺，親灌頂禪師求請心要。既而得一融道，體二居宗，定慧方均，寂照相半，雖云自了，急在利他。天與多能，富有辭藻，著《桃巖寺碑》，與《頭陀寺碑》氣度相表。後以法眼付授慧威焉。時傳威是徐陵後身，其利智雄才，斷可知矣。又釋慧威，姓留氏，東陽人也。總角之年，露其舊習，抉開愛網，徑入空門，不滯一方，仍參三益。聞縉雲大威禪師盛行禪法，裹足造焉。刻志忘勞，覩威牆奧。一日千里，罔不推稱，至有成業，時謂小威。然其樂靜居山，罕交人事。指教門人，不少傑出者，左溪玄朗矣。威常修「止觀」，匪棄光陰，說與行而並馳，語將默而齊貫，落落然、汪汪然，人無得名焉。 > Shi Zhiwei, whose secular surname was Jiang, was a native of Jinyun. Transcending dusty delusion, his mind wandered beyond worldly things. In his youth he served a master at the alchemy mountain of the Xuanyuan Emperor. Hearing of the flourishing of the Tiantai school, he carried his book satchel and went to Shicheng Temple in Wozhou, approaching Chan Master Guanding directly to seek the essentials of mind. Thereupon, attaining the oneness that integrates the Way and embodying duality to establish the lineage, his concentration and wisdom were equally balanced, his quiescence and illumination each half. Although said to be personally liberated, his urgent priority was benefiting others. Endowed by nature with many talents, he was rich in rhetoric; he composed the 'Stele of Taoyan Temple', whose spirit and style matched the 'Stele of Toutuo Temple'. Later he transmitted the Dharma-eye to Huiwei. At the time it was rumored that Wei was the rebirth of Xu Ling; his sharp intellect and heroic talent can certainly be inferred from this. Also, Shi Huiwei, whose secular surname was Liu, was a native of Dongyang. At the age of wearing his hair in tufts, his former habits showed: tearing through the net of affection, he entered straight into the gate of emptiness, not lingering in one quarter, and associating with the three beneficial types of friends. Hearing that Great Master Wei of Jinyun was propagating the Chan teachings on a grand scale, he packed his baggage and visited him. Setting his purpose and forgetting labor, he beheld the depths of Wei's inner sanctum. Advancing a thousand li in a single day, everyone praised and extolled him, and when his achievements were accomplished, he was called 'Lesser Wei' at the time. Yet he took joy in dwelling quietly in the mountains, rarely mingling in human affairs. Among the disciples he instructed, not a few were outstanding, Xuanlang of Zuoxi being one of them. Wei constantly practiced 'cessation and contemplation' (śamatha-vipaśyanā) without wasting time. His speech and practice ran parallel; his speaking and silence were consistently aligned. Aloof and expansive, no one could fathom his depth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.6.11) - [Next: 6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.6.13) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061~en-mt.6.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.6.12) · Pramāṇa