大明高僧傳 3.18

3.18

釋紹宗別號遂初。上海陳氏子。年十三父母捨入里之安國寺。得法於靜庵鎮法師。天資頴悟戒行精嚴。初出說法於杭之長慶寺。大展玄風緇素嚮化。次遷吳興慈感寺。時金陵長干守仁法師延居第一座。一眾傾伏。洪武癸酉應召有事廬山。奏對稱　　旨賜金縷僧伽黎。擢右講經。無何陞右善世。丁丑正月五日示微疾端坐而化　　上聞勅遣中使致祭。荼毘日送者數千人徒眾奉收舍利遺骨塔于安國寺。

Śramaṇa Shaozong, art name Suichu, was a son of the Chen family of Shanghai. When he was thirteen years old, his parents relinquished him to enter Anguo Temple in his native village. He attained the Dharma under Dharma Master Jing'an Zhen. He was endowed by nature with keen intelligence, and his vinaya practice was rigorous. He first emerged to preach the Dharma at Changqing Temple in Hangzhou, where he greatly unfurled the profound style, and monastics and laity turned to his transformation. Next he moved to Cigan Temple in Wuxing. At that time, Dharma Master Shouren of Changgan in Jinling invited him to occupy the head seat, and the whole assembly was won over. In the guiyou year of Hongwu, he answered an imperial summons concerning affairs at Mount Lu; his responses were agreeable to the imperial will, and he was bestowed a gold-threaded saṅghāṭī robe and promoted to Right Scripture Lecturer. Soon afterward, he was promoted to Right Benefactor of the World. On the fifth day of the first month of the dingchou year, he manifested a slight illness, sat upright, and transformed. When His Majesty heard of it, an imperial edict was issued dispatching a palace envoy to offer sacrifice. On the day of the jhāpita, thousands of people saw him off, and his disciples collected the śarīra and remaining bones and enshrined them in a stūpa at Anguo Temple.