景德傳燈錄 21.26

21.26

廬山開先寺紹宗圓智禪師姑蘇人也。稟性朴野不群流俗。少依本郡流水寺出家受具。入長慶之室密契真要。初結庵於虔州了山。二十載道聲遐布。江南國主李氏建寺請轉法輪。玄徒輻湊。暨國主巡幸洪井。躬入山瞻謁請上堂。令僧出問。如何是開先境。師曰。最好是一條界破青山色。僧曰。如何是境中人。師曰。拾枯柴煮布水。國主益加欽重。後終於山寺。靈塔存焉。

Chan Master Zhaozong Yuanzhi of Kaixian Monastery on Mount Lu was a native of Gusu. By nature he was plain and rustic, not consorting with the common herd. In his youth he went to Liushui Monastery in his home prefecture, left home, and received the full precepts. He entered the room of Changqing and secretly tallied with the true essentials. At first he built a hermitage on Mount Liao in Qianzhou, and for twenty years the fame of his Way spread far and wide. The Ruler of the Southern Tang, of the Li family, built a monastery and invited him to turn the wheel of the Dharma. Black-robed disciples converged like spokes at a hub. When the Ruler toured Hongjing, he went in person into the mountain to pay respects and requested the Master to ascend the hall. He had a monk come forward and ask, "What is the realm of Kaixian?" The Master said, "Best of all is a single thread cutting through the color of the blue mountain." The monk said, "What about the person within the realm?" The Master said, "Gathering dry firewood to boil water for washing clothes." The Ruler respected him all the more. Later he passed away at the mountain monastery, and his stupa remains there.