神僧傳 9.27

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The Ancient Buddha Koubing Zaoguang first studied under Xuefeng. Xuefeng said: "In days to come, you will certainly be a teacher of kings." Later he returned from Ehu to Wenling, built a hermitage, and then stayed at General Rock. Two tigers attended at his side, and a divine being offered him land to make Ruiyan Cloister. Students vied to gather there. He once said to the assembly: "The cultivation of the ancient sages required relying on bitter discipline. Now in summer I wear paper clothes, and in winter I break ice to bathe." Therefore the people of the world called him the Ancient Buddha Koubing (Breaking Ice). Later he resided at Lingyao. In the third year of Tiancheng, answering the summons of the King of Min, he was invited to stay in the inner palace. Bowing in reverence, [the King] said: "I thank the Master for descending from afar." When tea was presented, the Master held up the tea bag and said: "Does the Great King understand?" [The King] said: "I do not understand." [The Master] said: "The King of Men and the King of Dharma each illuminate themselves." He remained for ten days and took his leave on grounds of illness. On the second day of the twelfth month, he bathed, ascended the hall, announced his departure to the assembly, and passed away. The King, monastics, and laypeople prepared fragrant wood for the cremation (jhapita). Auspicious radiance filled the mountain. His relics were collected in a stupa in the main chamber at Ruiyan. He was posthumously named Chan Master Miaoying Fawei Ciji. From that time until now, the miraculous responses to prayers near and far have been manifold.