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大明華居士。江干人。醇朴無偽。與人不款曲。中年屬業諸子。獨處一室。不涉世事。朝暮惟孜孜念佛而已。後將卒。自知時至。更衣正寢。手整冠端坐。別眾而逝。其子先已作棺。於是易龕。如沙門故事。舉龕之日觀者如堵。遠近嚮慕焉。

Layman Hua of the Great Ming was a native of Jianggan. Pure, simple, and without artifice, he did not mingle intimately with others. In his middle years, he entrusted his livelihood to his sons and lived alone in a single room, taking no part in worldly affairs. Morning and evening he was merely diligent in practicing buddhamanasikāra. Later, when he was about to die, knowing in advance that his time had arrived, he changed clothes, lay in the main hall, adjusted his cap with his hands, sat upright, bid farewell to the assembly, and passed away. His sons had already prepared a coffin beforehand; thereupon they changed it to a funerary shrine in accordance with the precedent for śramaṇas. On the day the shrine was carried, the onlookers were like a wall, and those far and near looked up to him in admiration.