釋門自鏡錄 1.82

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慧琳姓劉氏。秦郡人。善諸經及莊老。誹諧好語笑長於製作。故集有十卷。而為性傲誕頗自矜伐。其師道淵學行僧也。宋文帝甚器之。淵甞詣傅亮。琳先在坐。及淵至不為致禮。淵怒之彰色。亮遂罰杖二十。琳後著白黑論詆訶釋教。顏延之及宗炳難駮琳論。各萬餘言。琳既自毀其法被斥交州。因患目盲。數歲憤結而卒。其論備在梁沙門僧祐弘明集具之。

Huilin, surnamed Liu, was a native of Qin Commandery. He was skilled in the various scriptures as well as Zhuangzi and Laozi. He was fond of humorous speech and laughter, and excelled in literary composition; thus his collection filled ten fascicles. Yet by nature he was arrogant and haughty, and rather boastful of himself. His teacher Daoyuan was a monk of learning and practice, whom Emperor Wen of the Song held in high regard. Once Daoyuan visited Fu Liang, and Huilin was already seated there. When Daoyuan arrived, Huilin did not pay him respects. Daoyuan's anger showed on his face, and Fu Liang then punished Huilin with twenty strokes of the cane. Later, Huilin composed the *Treatise on White and Black* to slander and revile the Buddhist teachings. Yan Yanzhi and Zong Bing refuted Huilin's treatise, each writing over ten thousand words. Having slandered his own Dharma, Huilin was banished to Jiaozhou. There he suffered from blindness, and after several years died of bitter indignation. His treatise is fully recorded in the *Hongming ji* of the Liang dynasty śramaṇa Sengyou.