廣弘明集 8.59

8.59

The completion of the eight phases through resonance and the manifestation of extinction in the twin śāla trees—this is the great kind. Provisionally entering the six realms and concealing his traces in the mundane dust—this is the small kind. In the small kind, he may draw hexagrams to regulate the times, or sow seeds to benefit the world, or mount punitive expeditions to settle rebellions, or perform rituals to admonish creatures, or speak of non-being to disesteem glory, or preach of being to value rank. Why should Old Lao alone not be one such trace? Therefore, the Sūtra of the Four Continents of Mount Sumeru says: 'The Bodhisattva Precious Resonance was named Fuxi; the Bodhisattva Precious Auspiciousness was named Nüwa.' However, the Daoist priests of today began with Zhang Ling; this is merely the way of ghosts and has nothing to do with Laozi. How do we know this? Li Ying's Records of Shu says: 'Zhang Ling avoided malaria among graves and shrines, where he obtained a book of arts for incanting ghosts; because of this, he came to understand the methods of commanding ghosts. Later he was swallowed by a great serpent; his disciples falsely recounted that he ascended to heaven.' The Book of the Later Han states: 'Zhang Lu of Pei—his mother was handsome and moreover possessed the way of ghosts, frequenting the household of Liu Yan. Liu Yan, governor of Yizhou, appointed Lu as Major Supervising Righteousness. Lu then, together with Division Major Zhang Xiu, led troops to make a surprise attack and kill Su Gu, the Grand Administrator of Hanzhong, cut off the Xie Valley, and killed Han envoys. After Lu took Hanzhong, he killed Zhang Xiu and annexed his troops. To the Han he was a rebel, wearing a yellow turban and yellow cloth garments.'