景德傳燈錄 23.107

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泉州龜洋慧忠禪師本州僊遊縣人也。姓陳氏。九歲依本山出家。既具戒杖錫觀方謁草庵和尚。草庵問曰。何方而來。師曰。六眸峯來。草庵曰。還具六通否。師曰。患非重瞳。草庵然之。師迴故山。屬唐武宗廢教例為白衣。暨宣宗中興。師曰。古人有言。上昇道士不受籙。成佛沙彌不具戒法。遂過中不食不宇而禪。乃述偈三首曰。

Chan Master Huizhong of Guiyang in Quanzhou was a native of Xianyou County in the same prefecture. His surname was Chen. At nine years of age he left home on his native mountain. Having received full ordination, he took his staff to view the regions and called upon Upādhyāya Cao'an. Cao'an asked, 'From where have you come?' The master said, 'I have come from Liumou Peak.' Cao'an said, 'Do you still possess the six supernormal powers or not?' The master said, 'I suffer from not having double pupils.' Cao'an approved of him. The master returned to his home mountain. When Emperor Wuzong of the Tang abolished the teachings, he was returned to lay status according to the edict. When Emperor Xuanzong revived [Buddhism], the master said, 'The ancients said: A Taoist who ascends to heaven does not receive registers; a novice who becomes a Buddha does not have the complete Vinaya precepts.' He then ate nothing after noon and meditated without a roof. Thereupon he composed three verses, saying: