宋高僧傳 12.44

12.44

Shi Weijing was a native of Wumen. Around the age of thirty, of strange and archaic appearance, and seemingly naive and foolish, he entered Guoning Temple, walked around the monks' rooms, and called out: 'If anyone needs someone to leave the household, please keep me.' Arriving at the Sūtra Canon Cloister, he saw the ācārya and bhadanta of both assemblies, Huizheng; he immediately knelt, bowed, and expressed his sincerity, wishing to be allowed to serve him. Master Zheng granted his request and gave him the tonsure. Receiving the full precepts at Tiantai, he briefly returned to thank Zheng, and then sought out famous mountains. Wherever there was a spiritual friend, he would endure cold and heat. Thenceforth, he applied himself diligently to the Chan method, never uttering a word, and dwelt in the abandoned Jindi bodhimaṇḍa of Chan Master Dingguang. Braving the morning stars, he would go to Chanlin Temple for morning congee; though tigers and leopards were numerous, as he reached the temple gate, a tiger crouched on the ground as if standing watch. When Jing came out, it followed him back to Jindi. At dawn, massive tracks were very numerous. Jing, fearing people would find out, used a hoe to obliterate the tiger's tracks. Soon after, he suffered from a back ulcer; while sleeping in exhaustion, a zhen bird dropped dung on the sore, and before long it was completely healed. Also, anticipating snow and ice, he prepared half a dou of non-glutinous rice, cooking it daily with wild herbs in a small pot, and stored the rice in an underground cellar. Even though the time passed, the rice used was always full and never depleted. Jing then sealed it up, saying: 'That I am known by this thing is contrary to principle.' Soon after, he dwelt on Mount Fulong. The mountain overlooked the sea, its peaks soaring high; formerly, the monk Jianzhu had lived in seclusion here. Zhu was the maternal younger brother of the Tang Chancellor Wang; skilled in writing and practicing the Way, prefects often went to visit him. Jing subsequently secluded himself on this mountain, and Prefect Huang Sheng often invited him to the prefectural seat, showering him with abundant offerings. At the end of his life, he established a cloister on the Northern Mountain of Fengchuan, manifested illness, and died sitting upright, enjoying an age of over seventy. He was buried at the foot of the mountain, where his tomb and stūpa remain.