大明高僧傳 8.20

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釋崇岳字松源。處州龍泉吳氏子也。隆興二年得度於杭之西湖白蓮精舍。參方最久。後謁密庵傑和尚。聞室中問僧不是心不是佛不是物話。忽大悟遂得心印。因密菴還靈隱命居第一座。久之出世首住平江澄照。次居江陰光孝饒之薦福明之香山。寧宗慶元三年詔住靈隱三易寒暑。乞老退居寺之東庵。嘉泰二年八月四日手書別公卿。垂語示學者曰。有大力量人。因甚擡脚不起。又曰。開口不在舌頭上。貽囑弟子以闡法是務。乃書偈曰。來無所來。去無所去。瞥轉玄關。佛祖罔措。加趺而逝。壽七十一。臘四十。塔全身于北高峯之原。得法者香山光睦雲居善開。

Shi Chongyue, styled Songyuan, was a son of the Wu family of Longquan in Chuzhou. In the second year of Longxing, he was ordained at the Bailian Jingshe by the West Lake in Hangzhou. He traveled to practice for a very long time. Later he called upon Master Mi'an Jie. Hearing [Mi'an] in the room question a monk on the case of "not mind, not Buddha, not a thing," he suddenly attained great awakening and received the mind-seal. When Mi'an returned to Lingyin, he appointed [Chongyue] to occupy the head seat. After a long while, he appeared in the world, first residing at Chengzhao in Pingjiang, then staying at Guangxiao in Jiangyin, Jianfu in Raozhou, and Xiangshan in Mingzhou. In the third year of Qingyuan of Emperor Ningzong, he was imperial summoned to reside at Lingyin; three years passed, and he requested retirement due to age, withdrawing to dwell in the east hermitage of the monastery. On the fourth day of the eighth month in the second year of Jiatai, he personally wrote letters to bid farewell to the high officials. Leaving instructional words to show students, he said, "Why is it that a person of great strength cannot lift his feet?" He also said, "Opening one's mouth does not rely upon the tongue." He bequeathed instructions to his disciples to take propagating the Dharma as their primary duty. He then wrote a gāthā, saying: / "Coming, there is no place to come from; / Going, there is no place to go to. / With a sudden turn at the mysterious pass, / Buddhas and patriarchs are at a loss." / He passed away in the full lotus posture. His worldly age was seventy-one; his dharma age was forty. His whole body was stupaed on the heights of the Northern Peak. Those who attained the Dharma were Guangmu of Xiangshan and Shankai of Yunju.