[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) › [大明高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062) › 2.21 # 大明高僧傳 2.21 大明高僧傳 2.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.2.21) 釋妙文蔚州孫氏子也。九歲出家十八受具。已而遊學於雲朔燕趙之境。二十一抵京師。依大德明和尚學圓頓教。遂陸沈于眾十有一年。眾請出世。始赤服升猊座。縱無礙辯若峽倒川奔。及乎閒居簡默言不妄發。其涵養冲挹無欲速。不躁進大類如此。年四十八住薊之雲泉勤儉節用。老者懷其德。少者嚴其教。故眾睦而寺治。廩有餘粟以賑饑民。薊人稱之。世祖召見顧謂侍臣曰。此福德僧也詔居寶集。自爾教乘法席益盛。性相並驅僧俗溥濟。斯時海內講席紛紛方膠錮於名相凝滯於殊途。文獨大弘方等振以圓宗。使守株者融通於寂默之表。龍象蹴踏競駕一乘。年逾八十專修念佛三昧。延祐六年預知時至誡諸弟子。高聲稱彌陀佛名面西趺坐。手結三昧印泊然而蛻。塔于平則門外。 > Shi Miaowen was a son of the Sun clan of Yuzhou. He left home at age nine and received full ordination at eighteen. Thereafter, he traveled to study throughout the regions of Yun, Shuo, Yan, and Zhao. At twenty-one, he reached the Capital, relying on Venerable Dade Ming to study the perfect and sudden teaching. He then submerged himself among the assembly for eleven years. The assembly requested him to appear in the world; only then did he don the red robe and ascend the lion throne, displaying unhindered eloquence like an overflowing gorge or rushing river. Yet in his leisure, he was concise and quiet, never uttering rash words. His cultivation was modest and restrained, devoid of haste or impetuous advance; he was largely of this manner. At forty-eight, he resided at Yunquan in Ji, where he was diligent, frugal, and economical with resources. The elderly cherished his virtue, and the young respected his teachings; therefore, the assembly was harmonious and the monastery well-ordered. The granaries had surplus grain to relieve the starving, and the people of Ji praised him. Emperor Shizu granted him an audience and turned to his attendants, saying: 'This is a monk of blessed virtue,' and decreed that he reside at Baoji. From then on, the doctrinal seats grew even more prosperous; nature and characteristics were pursued side by side, delivering both monastics and laity. At that time, lecture halls across the country were confused and divided, rigidly clinging to nominal characteristics and stagnating in different paths; Wen alone broadly propagated the Vaipulya teachings and revived the perfect tradition, enabling those who clung stubbornly to conventional views to become thoroughly harmonised beyond quietude and silence. Dragon-elephants trampled forward, competing to ride the One Vehicle. Past the age of eighty, he devoted himself to cultivating the mindfulness-of-Buddha samādhi. In the sixth year of Yanyou \[1319\], knowing the time in advance, he admonished his disciples, chanted Amitābha Buddha's name in a loud voice, sat cross-legged facing west, formed the samādhi seal with his hands, and peacefully shed the physical form. A stūpa was erected outside Pingze Gate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.2.20) - [Next: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.2.22) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062~en-mt.2.21) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [釋鑑稽古略續集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2038.1.147) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.2.21) · Pramāṇa