大明高僧傳 1.11

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釋淨真未詳姓氏。從松江興聖寺若平法師薙染習賢首宗。嘉熙三年遊浙江諸剎。因錢塘江壩毀江濤泛溢災民。師以偈呈安撫使趙端明曰。海沸江河水接連。民居衝蕩益憂煎。投身直入龍宮去。要止驚濤浪拍天遂投身於海三日而返。謂居民曰。我在龍宮說法龍神聽受。此塘不復毀矣。語訖復投於海。趙端明感其德具聞於朝。勅賜護國淨真法師。立祠於杭之會祠。

The secular surname of Shi Jingzhen is unknown. Following Dharma Master Ruoping of Xingsheng Monastery in Songjiang, he underwent tonsure and dyeing of robes, studying the Xianshou school. In the third year of the Jiaxi era, he traveled to various monasteries in Zhejiang. Because the embankment on the Qiantang River was breached and the river surges overflowed, bringing disaster to the common people, the Master presented a gāthā to Pacification Commissioner Zhao Duanming, saying: / "The boiling sea and raging rivers join as one; / The people's homes are swept away, their distress ever deeper. / Throwing my body, I go straight into the Dragon Palace, / Resolved to still the alarming surges whose waves strike heaven." / He then cast his body into the sea and returned three days later, telling the residents: "I expounded the Dharma in the Dragon Palace, and the dragon spirits listened and accepted it. This embankment will not be breached again." Having spoken, he threw himself into the sea once more. Zhao Duanming was moved by his virtue and reported the matter fully to the court. An imperial decree bestowed on him the title of Dharma Master Jingzhen, Protector of the Realm, and a shrine was erected for him at the Assembly Shrine in Hangzhou.