[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) › [廣弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103) › 24.79 # 廣弘明集 24.79 廣弘明集 24.79 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [24.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.24.79) 八月二十三日名和南。俗界無常。延法師遷化。情深悲怛不能已已。唯哀慕摧割當不可任。法師弱齡捨俗高蹈塵表。志度恢弘理識精悟。靈臺神㝢可仰而不可窺。智海法源可涉而不可測。同夫明鏡屢照不疲。譬彼洪鍾有來斯應。往逢道喪玄維落紐。栖志幽巖確乎不拔。高位厚禮不能迴其慮。嚴威峻法未足懼其心。經行宴坐夷險莫二。戒德律儀始終如一。聖皇啟運像法重興。卓爾緇林欝為稱首。屈宸極之重。申師資之義。三寶由其弘護。二諦藉以宣揚。信足以追蹤澄什超邁安遠。而法柱忽傾仁舟遽沒。匪直悲纏四部。固亦酸感一人。師杖錫挈瓶夙承訓導。升堂入室具體而微。在三之情。理百恒慟。往矣奈何。無常奈何。疾礙不獲展慰。但深悲結。謹遣白書。慘愴不次。弟子薛道衡和南。 > On the twenty-third day of the eighth month, \[I, Xue\] Daoheng, pay homage. The mundane realm is impermanent; Dharma Master Yan has passed away. My feelings of grief and sorrow are profound and cannot cease. Only this mournful longing that cuts so deeply must be truly unbearable. In his tender youth, the Dharma Master renounced the mundane world and trod lofty beyond the dust of worldly cares. His resolve and magnanimity were vast, and his discernment of principle was exquisitely awakened. His spiritual platform and transcendent realm could be looked up to, yet could not be peered into; his ocean of wisdom and source of Dharma could be waded into, yet could not be plumbed. Like a clear mirror, though reflecting repeatedly, he never grew weary; like a great bell, whenever struck, he responded. In the past, when encountering the decline of the Way, the dark warp \[of order\] lost its tie, he lodged his will in secluded crags, steadfast and unyielding. High office and lavish courtesy could not turn his thoughts; stern awe and harsh laws were insufficient to frighten his mind. In walking meditation and tranquil sitting, through ease and danger, he remained one and the same; his moral virtue and monastic deportment were consistent from beginning to end. When the Sagely Emperor inaugurated his dynastic fortune, the Semblance Dharma flourished anew; preeminent in the black-robed forest, \[the Master\] was acclaimed as its foremost head. \[The Emperor\] bent the majesty of the imperial throne to extend the bond of master and disciple. The triratna was propagated and protected on his account; the two truths were expounded and proclaimed through his aid. Truly, it was enough to follow the footsteps of \[Zhu Fo\]tudeng and \[Kumāra\]jīva, and to surpass \[Dao\]an and \[Hui\]yuan! Yet the pillar of the Dharma has suddenly collapsed, and the vessel of benevolence has swiftly foundered. Not only is grief intertwined with the four assemblies, but the One Man \[the Emperor\] is surely also moved with sorrow. Holding the staff and carrying the water-vase, you, Master, have long received his instructions; entering the hall and penetrating his inner room, you embodied his model in miniature. In the sentiments toward the three \[revered bonds of father, master, and lord\], reasons for perpetual grief are a hundredfold. He is gone—what can be done? Impermanence—what can be done? Kept by illness from extending my consolations in person, I am filled only with profound and knotted sorrow. Respectfully I send this plain letter, composed in disarray amidst grief. Disciple Xue Daoheng pays homage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 24.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.24.78) - [Next: 24.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.24.80) - [Up: 24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.24) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.24.79) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.24.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.24.79) · Pramāṇa