廣弘明集 23.37

23.37

維建武四年五月八日甲午。沙門釋玄運右臥不興。神去危城嗚呼哀哉。法師本譙邦右族。寓于燉煌。幼稟端明仁和之性。長樹弘懿冲閑之德。真粹天挺夙鑒道勝。乃遺擯俗纏超出塵礙。濯景玄津栖習法道。率由儀律之絕。精學體微之妙。潛仁晦名之行。散畜忘相之施。無德而稱者。日夜而茂焉。敷說架乎當時。理思冠乎中世。鑽仰之徒自遠而來。虛至實歸遍于轍跡。帝后儲貳之尊。藩英鼎宰之重。莫不揖道宗師瞻猷結敬。而宏量邃奧不以貴賤舛其顧眄。夷整淵深不以寒暑品其懷抱。所以括綜像末崇振頹流者。法師其人矣。啟訓之緣有限。負手之歌會終。風火告徵。愈恬明於危識。靈聖滅現。屢恭悅於告漸。春秋六十九。嗚呼哀哉。外稟哽識內諮慟魂。慕題往迹行寔浮言。迺作誄曰。

On the eighth day, a jiawu day, of the fifth month in the fourth year of Jianwu, the monk Shi Xuanyun lay on his right side and did not rise; his spirit departed the precarious city. Alas, how mournful! The Dharma Master originally belonged to an eminent clan of Qiao commandery and resided in Dunhuang. In his youth he was endowed with an upright, clear, benevolent, and harmonious disposition; as he grew up, he cultivated expansive, fine, modest, and tranquil virtues. His pure essence was naturally gifted, and he early discerned the supremacy of the Way. Thus he cast off worldly entanglements and transcended worldly hindrances. Washing his reflections in the mysterious ford, he dwelled and trained in the Dharma path. He followed the transcendent standards and Vinaya, and meticulously studied the subtleties of realizing the abstruse. His conduct concealed benevolence and hid his name; his giving dispersed possessions and forgot outward marks. His virtues that were beyond praise flourished day and night. His expositions surpassed his contemporaries; his theoretical thought was paramount in the middle period. Those who drilled and looked up to him came from afar; those who arrived empty-handed returned filled, leaving tracks everywhere. From the majesty of emperors, empresses, and the crown prince, to the weight of feudatory luminaries and prime ministers, there were none who did not salute his path, look up to him as a master, observe his demeanor, and bind themselves in reverence. Yet in his vast and profound capacity, he did not alter his regard on account of nobility or baseness; in his equanimous, well-ordered, and abyssal depth, he did not classify his feelings on account of cold or heat. He who synthesized the semblance Dharma period and raised up its declining currents was indeed this Dharma Master! The conditions for opening instruction are limited; the song of hands behind one's back must come to an end. As the signs of wind and fire were announced, he became ever more calm and luminous amid fragile consciousness; as holy manifestation drew to an end, he repeatedly and reverently rejoiced in the approaching transition. His spring and autumn were sixty-nine. Alas, how mournful! Outwardly receiving a choked awareness, inwardly consulting a lamenting soul, longing to record his past traces, conduct is truly obscured by floating words. Thereupon, I compose this eulogy: