[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) › [神僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064) › 9.51 # 神僧傳 9.51 神僧傳 9.51 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.9.51) 僧志言。自言姓許。壽春人。落髮東京景德寺七俱胝院事清璲。璲見其相貌奇古直視不瞬。心異之為授具戒。然動止軒昂語笑無度。多行市里褰裳疾趨。舉指畫空佇立良久。時從屠酤遊飲啗無所擇。眾以為狂。璲獨曰。此異人也。人有欲為齋施輒先知以至。溫州人林仲芳自其家以摩納來獻。舟始及岸遽來取去。仁宗每延入禁中。徑登座加趺。飯畢遽出未甞揖也。或陰卜休咎書紙揮翰甚疾。初不可曉其後多驗。仁宗春秋漸高嗣位未立。默遣內侍至言所。言所書有十一郎字。人莫測何謂。後英宗以濮王第十一子入繼。眾始悟。普淨院施浴。夜漏初盡。門扉未啟。方迎佛。而浴室有人聲。往視則言在焉。其具齋薦鱠者。并食之。臨流而吐。化為小鮮群泳而去。海客遇風且沒。見僧操緪引舶而濟。客至都下遇言。忽謂之曰。非我汝奈何客記其貌。真引舟者也。將死作頌不可曉。已而曰。我從古始成就逃多國土今南國矣。仁宗遣內侍以真身塑像置寺中。榜曰顯化禪師。其後善者禮之見額瑩然有光。就視之得舍利。 > The monk Zhiyan stated that his surname was Xu and that he was a native of Shouchun. He shaved his head at the Seven Koṭī Cloister of Jingde Monastery in the Eastern Capital, serving Qingsui. Sui saw that his appearance was extraordinarily ancient and that he stared straight without blinking; marveling at him in his heart, he conferred the full precepts upon him. Yet his movements were lofty and unrestrained, and his speech and laughter lacked restraint. He often walked through the marketplaces, lifting his skirts and running rapidly, raising his finger to draw in the air and standing still for a long while. From time to time he associated with butchers and wine-sellers, eating and drinking without discrimination. The crowd thought him mad, but Sui alone said, "This is an extraordinary person." When people wished to hold a vegetarian meal and offer dāna, he would always know in advance and arrive. Lin Zhongfang, a man of Wenzhou, came from his home to present a patched robe; just as the boat reached the shore, Zhiyan quickly came and took it away. Emperor Renzong often invited him into the forbidden palace, where he would go straight onto the seat and sit cross-legged. When the meal was finished, he quickly exited without ever having bowed. Sometimes he secretly divined good and bad fortune, writing on paper and wielding the brush very rapidly; at first it could not be understood, but afterward much of it was verified. When Renzong's years grew advanced and an heir to the throne had not yet been established, he quietly dispatched an attendant to Zhiyan's place. What Zhiyan wrote had the characters "Eleventh Son"; no one could fathom what it meant. Later, Emperor Yingzong succeeded to the throne as the eleventh son of the Prince of Pu, and only then did the assembly understand. Bujing Cloister provided baths. When the night water-clock had just run out and the doors had not yet been opened, just as they were welcoming the Buddha, there was the sound of a person in the bathhouse. Going to look, Zhiyan was there. If someone prepared a vegetarian meal and presented minced fish, he would eat it all together. Coming to a stream, he would vomit it up, and it turned into small live fish swimming away in schools. A seafarer encountered a storm and was about to sink; he saw a monk holding a hawser, pulling the vessel, and rescuing it. When the merchant arrived at the capital, he met Zhiyan, who suddenly said to him, "Were it not for me, what would have become of you?" The merchant recalled his appearance; he was truly the one who had towed the boat. When about to die, he composed a eulogy that could not be understood. Afterward he said, "From antiquity I first accomplished liberation in many lands, and now it is the Southern Land." Emperor Renzong dispatched an attendant to make a statue using his true body and place it in the monastery, with a placard reading "Chan Master of Manifest Transformation." Later, good people who paid homage to it saw his forehead glowing brightly with light; examining it closely, they obtained relics. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.9.50) - [Next: 9.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.9.52) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064~en-mt.9.51) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.9.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.9.51) · Pramāṇa