法華傳記 2.30

2.30

釋曇諦。姓康其先康居人。漢靈帝時。移附中國。獻帝末亂。移止吳興。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。諦年十歲出家。學不從師。悟自天發。後為姚萇講法華。貧道為都講。晚入吳虎丘寺。講法華十五遍。以宋元嘉末卒。春秋六十餘也（出梁高僧傳第七）。

Shi Tandi's surname was Kang, and his ancestors were people of Sogdiana (Kangju). During the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han dynasty, they moved and affiliated themselves with the Central Kingdom. During the disturbances at the end of Emperor Xian's reign, they moved to reside in Wuxing. His mother, Lady Huang, was taking a midday nap and dreamed of a monk who called Lady Huang 'Mother' and entrusted to her a deer-tail chowry and two carved iron paperweights. Upon waking from sleep, she saw both objects completely present, and thereupon became pregnant and gave birth to Tandi. At the age of ten, Tandi went forth into the monastic life; his learning was not from a teacher, for his awakening arose from Heaven. Later, when lecturing on the Lotus Sūtra for Yao Chang, this poor monk served as the chief interlocutor (dujiang). Later in life, he entered Huqiu Monastery in Wu, lecturing on the Lotus Sūtra fifteen times. He passed away at the end of the Yuanjia era of the Song dynasty, at the age of sixty-odd years. (Extracted from the Liang Gaoseng zhuan, fascicle seven.)