[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [廬山記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2095) › 3.24 # 廬山記 3.24 廬山記 3.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2095.3.24) 慧持者。遠師之弟也。冲然有遠量。年十四學讀書。一日所記。常敵人之十日。善文史。巧才製。年十八出家。與兄同事道安法師。遍學眾經。遊丑三藏。形長八尺。風神俊爽。常躡革屣。衲衣半脛。始同居東林之淨社。廬山徒屬往來三千。持為上首。羅什在關中。遙相欽敬。至隆安三年。持欲觀矚峨嵋。振錫岷岫。乃辭遠師。入蜀。遠師苦留。不可。嘆曰。人生愛聚。汝獨樂離。持曰。若滯情愛聚者。本不應出家。今既割愛求道。正以西方為期耳。於是悵然而別。過荊州。殷仲堪桓玄皆加禮遇欲留。不可。至蜀成都郫縣龍淵寺。昇持堂者。皆號登龍門。譙縱之亂從子道福凶悖尤甚。入寺人馬浴血。眾僧怖走。持神色盥洗無忤。道福見之。愧悔汗流。謂左右曰。大人故與眾異。以義熙八年壬子順寂。春秋七十二。 > Huichi was the younger brother of Master Yuan. Serenely detached, he possessed a far-reaching capacity. At the age of fourteen he studied reading, and what he memorized in a single day was regularly a match for ten days of another's study. He was skilled in literature and history, and dexterous in literary composition. At the age of eighteen he went forth from household life, serving Dharma Master Dao'an together with his elder brother. He studied the myriad scriptures extensively and roamed freely through the Tripiṭaka. He stood eight feet tall, with an agile and spirited demeanor; he regularly wore leather shoes and patched robes reaching to mid-calf. Initially he resided together with the Pure Society of Donglin; of the three thousand disciples and followers who came and went at Lushan, Huichi was the foremost. Kumārajīva in Guanzhong admired and respected him from afar. In the third year of the Long'an era, Chi wished to gaze upon Mount Emei and shake his monk's staff amidst the Min peaks; he therefore took leave of Master Yuan and entered Shu. Master Yuan bitterly urged him to stay, but could not dissuade him, and sighed, 'Human life delights in gathering together; why do you alone take joy in departure?' Chi said, 'If one is bound by emotion and delights in gathering, one should not have gone forth from household life in the first place. Now that I have severed love to seek the Way, my ultimate aim lies solely in the Western Direction.' Thereupon they parted with heavy hearts. Passing through Jingzhou, Yin Zhongkan and Huan Xuan both treated him with great courtesy and wished to detain him, but could not. Arriving at Longyuan Temple in Pi County, Chengdu, in Shu, all who mounted Chi's hall were said to have 'scaled the Dragon Gate.' During the rebellion of Qiao Zong, his nephew Daofu was exceedingly ferocious and perverse. When he entered the temple, his men and horses were drenched in blood, and the monks fled in terror. Chi's composure was undisturbed as he washed his hands and face, completely unruffled. Seeing this, Daofu broke into a sweat of shame and remorse, and said to his attendants, 'The great man is truly different from the ordinary crowd.' In the eighth year of the Yixi era, the renzi year, he passed away peacefully. His age was seventy-two. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2095.3.23) - [Next: 3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2095.3.25) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2095.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2095~en-mt.3.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2095.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2095.3.24) · Pramāṇa