景德傳燈錄 1.10

1.10

湖州路。道場山。護聖萬歲禪寺。耆舊僧希渭。係慶元路昌國州人氏俗姓董。自幼投禮本路在城觀音禪寺絕照和尚為師。䚯到法名投禮慈溪縣開壽普光禪寺龍源和尚薙髮為僧。仍禮五臺律寺雪涯和尚受具戒。挾策西遊。放包靈隱。後值先師龍源和尚。遷住茲山。隨師參請。迨今有年。每念師恩未由報効。伏覩。從上佛祖景德傳燈錄三十卷。七佛至法眼之嗣。凡五十二世。景德至延祐丙辰。凡三百一十七年。舊板銷朽無存。後學慕之罔及。為此發心重刊。忽得本路天聖禪寺松廬和尚所藏廬山穩庵古冊。最為善本。良愜素志。遂於丙辰年正月初十日。將衣鉢估唱得統金一萬二千餘緡。是日命工刊行于世。流通祖道。此錄總計三十六萬七千九百一十七字。至當年臘月一日畢工。隨即印捨三百部於兩浙。安眾名山。方丈蒙堂眾寮各一部。以便湖海辦道禪衲參究。集茲善利。用報四恩。併資三有者。

Elder monk Xiwei of the Husheng Wanrui Chan Monastery on Mount Daochang in Huzhou Route, a native of Changguo Prefecture in Qingyuan Route with the secular surname Dong, went in his youth to pay respects to Upādhyāya Juezhao of Guanyin Chan Monastery within the city of the same route as his master. Having received his Dharma name, he went to pay respects to Upādhyāya Longyuan of Kaishou Puguang Chan Monastery in Cixi County to shave his head and become a monk. He further paid respects to Upādhyāya Xueya of the Vinaya Monastery on Mount Wutai to receive the full precepts. Carrying his book satchel, he traveled westward and set down his bag at Lingyin. Later, when his former master Upādhyāya Longyuan moved to reside on this mountain, he followed the master to study and inquire, which has now been several years. Constantly mindful that the master's benevolence had not yet been repaid, he humbly observed that the thirty fascicles of the Record of the Transmission of the Lamp Compiled in the Jingde Era of the Buddhas and patriarchs from above—from the seven Buddhas to the heirs of Fayan, fifty-two generations in all—from the Jingde era to the bingchen year of Yanyou, have totaled three hundred and seventeen years. The old printing blocks have decayed and vanished, and later students admire it without being able to reach it. For this reason he made a vow to recarve it. Suddenly he obtained the ancient volumes from Wen'an of Mount Lu, preserved by Upādhyāya Songlu of Tiansheng Chan Monastery in this route. It was the finest edition, truly satisfying his longtime wish. Thereupon, on the tenth day of the first month of the bingchen year, he auctioned his robes and bowl, obtaining more than twelve thousand strings of Tongxing cash. On that day he ordered craftsmen to carve and publish it for the world to circulate the patriarchal way. This record contains a total of 367,917 characters. By the first day of the twelfth month of that year, the work was finished. He immediately printed and distributed three hundred copies to the Liangzhe region to house them in the famous mountains: one copy each for the abbot's quarters, the Meng Hall, and the common dormitories, to facilitate the study and investigation of patch-robed Chan monks practicing the Way from throughout the land. May this accumulated good benefit serve to repay the four benevolences and assist the three realms of existence.