神僧傳 2.22

2.22

釋曇邕。姓楊氏。關中人。少仕偽秦為衛將軍。形長八尺雄武過人。太元八年從符堅南𡨥。為晉軍所敗。還至長安。因從安公出家。安公既往。復事遠公。後又於山之西南營立茅宇。與弟子曇果澄思禪門。嘗於一時果夢見山神求受五戒果曰。家師在此可往諮受。少時邕見一人著單衣帢風姿端雅從者二十許人請受五戒。邕以果先夢知是山神。乃為說法授戒。神䞋以外國匕筯。禮拜辭別倏忽不見。至遠臨亡之日奔赴號踊。後往荊州卒於竹林寺。

Śramaṇa Tanyong, surnamed Yang, was a native of Guanzhong. In his youth, he served the illegitimate Qin as General of the Guards. He was eight chi tall and possessed heroic martial prowess surpassing ordinary men. In the eighth year of the Taiyuan era, he accompanied Fu Jian in invading the south, and was defeated by the Jin army. Upon returning to Chang'an, he renounced household life under Master Dao'an. After Master Dao'an passed away, he also served Master Huiyuan. Later, in the southwest of the mountain, he built a thatched hut and, together with his disciple Tanguo, clarified his thoughts in the gates of dhyāna. Once, Tanguo dreamed of a mountain deity seeking to receive the five precepts; Tanguo said, "My teacher is here; you may go inquire and receive them from him." A short time later, Tanyong saw a man wearing an unlined robe and cap, of upright and graceful deportment, accompanied by some twenty attendants, requesting to receive the five precepts. Tanyong, knowing from Tanguo's earlier dream that this was the mountain deity, expounded the Dharma and conferred the precepts upon him. The deity offered foreign-made spoons and chopsticks as a donation, bowed, bid farewell, and vanished in an instant. When the day of Master Huiyuan's demise arrived, Tanyong rushed there, wailing and leaping in lamentation. Later, he traveled to Jingzhou and passed away at the Zhulin Monastery.