神僧傳 3.6

3.6

釋曇諦。姓康氏。其先康居國人。漢靈帝時移附中國。獻帝末亂移止吳興。諦父肜嘗為冀州別駕。母黃氏晝寢夢見一僧。呼黃為母。寄一麈尾并鐵鏤書鎮二枚。眠覺見兩物具存。因而懷孕生諦。諦年五歲母以麈尾等示之。諦曰。秦王所餉。母曰。汝置何處。答云不憶。至年十歲出家。學不從師悟自天發。後隨父之樊鄧。遇見關中僧䂮（音略）道人。忽喚䂮名。䂮曰。童子何以呼宿老名。諦曰。向者忽言。阿上是諦沙彌。為眾僧採菜被野猪所傷。不覺失聲耳。䂮經為弘覺法師弟子。為僧採菜被野猪所傷。䂮初不憶。此迺詣諦父。諦父具說本末并示書鎮麈尾等。䂮迺悟而泣曰。即先師弘覺法師也。師經為姚萇講法華。貧道為都講。姚萇餉師二物。今遂在此。追計弘覺捨命正是寄物之日。復憶採菜之事。彌深悲仰。性愛林泉。後還吳興。入故章崑山。閑居㵎飲二十餘載。以宋元嘉末卒於山。壽六十餘。

Shi Tandi's surname was Kang. His ancestors were people of the kingdom of Kangju. During the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han dynasty, they moved and affiliated themselves with China. Amid the turmoil at the end of the reign of Emperor Xian, they moved and settled in Wuxing. Di's father, Rong, once served as the attendant officer (biejia) of Jizhou. His mother, Lady Huang, was taking a midday nap and dreamt she saw a monk calling her mother. He left with her a chowry and two openwork iron paperweights. When she awoke, she found both objects fully present. Thereupon she became pregnant and gave birth to Di. When Di was five years old, his mother showed him the chowry and the other item. Di said, "They were a gift from the King of Qin." His mother asked, "Where did you put them?" He answered that he did not remember. When he reached ten years of age, he renounced household life. In study, he did not follow a master; his enlightenment arose naturally from heaven. Later he followed his father to Fan and Deng, where he happened to meet the monk Master Lue from Guanzhong. He suddenly called Lue by name. Lue said, "Why does a child call a senior elder by his name?" Di said, "Just now I spoke unawares. Your Reverence was Di's śrāmaṇera, who gathered vegetables for the community of monks and was injured by a wild boar. Involuntarily the words slipped out." Lue had once been a disciple of Dharma Master Hongjue, and while gathering vegetables for the monks had indeed been injured by a wild boar. At first Lue did not recall, so he went to Di's father. Di's father recounted the matter from beginning to end and showed him the paperweights, chowry, and other items. Lue then realized, wept, and said, "You are indeed my late master, Dharma Master Hongjue! The master once lectured on the Lotus Sūtra for Yao Chang, and this poor monk served as the chief respondent (dujiang). Yao Chang presented the master with two items, and now they are here!" Calculating back to when Hongjue relinquished his life, it was precisely the day the items were left. Recalling as well the incident of gathering vegetables, his sorrow and veneration grew all the deeper. By nature he loved forests and springs. Later he returned to Wuxing and entered Mount Kun in Guzhang, living in leisure and drinking from mountain torrents for more than twenty years. At the end of the Yuanjia era of the Song dynasty, he passed away in the mountains at the age of over sixty.