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釋皓端，姓張氏，嘉禾人也。九歲，捨家入靈光精舍，師授經法，如溫舊業焉。年登弱冠，受形俱無表。于四明阿育王寺遇希覺律師，盛揚南山律，端則一聽旋有通明，義門無壅。尋投金華雲法師學《名數》一支并《法華經》。後受吳興緇伍所請講論焉。兩浙武肅王錢氏召於王府羅漢寺演訓，復令於真身塔寺宣導。于時有台教師玄燭者，彼宗號為第十祖，端依附之，果了一心三觀，遂撰《金光明經隨文釋》十卷。由是兩宗法要，一徑路通。忠獻王錢氏借賜紫衣，別署大德，號崇法焉。後誓約不出寺門，慕遠公之不渡虎溪也。高尚其事，僅二十餘年，身無長衣，口無豐味，居不施關，坐唯一榻。以建隆二年三月十八日，坐滅于本房，容貌猶生。三日，焚之于城西，得舍利於煨燼之末。俗年七十二，僧臘五十二。凡著述傳錄記讚七十許卷，學得其門者止八十餘人。端性耿介，言無苟且。一坐之間不談世論，唯以佛法為己務，可謂傅翼之象王矣。祕書監錢昱甞典秀郡，躬覩端之標格，為著《行錄》焉。

Shi Haoduan's secular surname was Zhang, and he was a native of Jiahe. At the age of nine, he left his family to enter Lingguang Monastery; when his master taught him the scriptural teachings, it was as if he were reviewing what he had mastered in a previous life. When he reached adulthood, he received the non-informative precept-form that endures through life. At King Aśoka Temple in Siming, he met Vinaya Master Xijue, who was extensively propagating the Nanshan Vinaya. Haoduan listened once and immediately understood thoroughly, with no obstacle in any doctrinal matter. Soon after, he went to Dharma Master Yun of Jinhua to study the branch of Nominal Categories (*Mingshu*) and the Lotus Sūtra. Later, he was invited by the monastic community of Wuxing to lecture and debate. King Wusu of Liangzhe, Qian, summoned him to the Luohan Temple in his royal residence to expound teachings, and further ordered him to propagate the Dharma at the Zhengshen Ta Temple. At that time, there was the Tiantai teacher Xuanzhu, who was honored as the tenth patriarch of that tradition; Haoduan allied himself with him, truly realized the threefold contemplation in a single mind, and subsequently composed the ten-fascicle Running Commentary on the Golden Light Sūtra (*Jinguangming jing suiwen shi*). Through this, the doctrinal essentials of the two traditions were bridged into a single path. King Zhongxian of the Qian clan granted him a purple robe and designated him as a Great Worthy with the title Chongfa. Later, he vowed never to step outside the temple gates, emulating Master Yuan's refusal to cross Tiger Creek. He maintained this lofty conduct for over twenty years, wearing no spare clothing, eating no lavish delicacies, keeping his door unlocked, and using only a single bench for seating. On the eighteenth day of the third month of the second year of the Jianlong reign, he passed away in the seated posture in his quarters, his countenance appearing as if he were still alive. Three days later, he was cremated west of the city, and śarīra were retrieved from the ashes. His secular age was seventy-two, and his saṅgha age was fifty-two. He composed around seventy fascicles of biographies, records, and eulogies; those who truly mastered his tradition numbered only slightly over eighty disciples. Haoduan was uncompromising in integrity, and never spoke casually. While seated, he never engaged in worldly conversation, occupying himself solely with the Buddha's Dharma, truly like a king elephant endowed with wings. Qian Yu, Director of the Palace Library, who once administered Xiu Prefecture and personally witnessed Haoduan's exemplary character, composed an Account of Conduct for him.