北山錄 10.6

10.6

The śramaṇa of the Caoxuan Pavilion, taboo name Huibao, style Guangyong, was secularly surnamed Wang, a native of Xuanwu County, Dong[...]. His ancestors practiced Ruist simplicity: some displayed their talents to enter public service, while others maintained high loftiness in their endeavors, brilliantly shining in the genealogical [...], not fully detailed [...]. In his youth, the Master left household life; at twenty, he received the precepts. He wielded his blade through the sea of learning, taking propagation and lecture as [...] elegant discourses. Once, ascending the seat and leaning on the armrest, he addressed his attendants, saying: 'Throughout the history of monks, I have observed the eminent [...] refined their study and investigated the inner and outer [teachings]; only then could they bequeath teachings to the world, stand out from the crowd, and be preeminent [...] with a single wing or a single wheel bearing heavy burdens to go far has never been heard before.' Thereupon, beyond lecturing and study, he extensively read the various [...] deeply versed in the Great Changes and the Spring and Autumn Annals, fathoming Heaven and humankind, clarifying praise and blame. The famous and worthy of his time all respected him and requested instruction; those who entered his gate all said: 'It is like ascending the Dragon Gate.' He compiled the Summary Record of the Three Kingdoms in ten fascicles, tracing beginnings and clarifying ends, eliminating the redundancies of Chen Shou. He composed the Embroidered Phoenix Bag in ten fascicles, summarizing the rare sayings and good deeds of sages and worthies without omission. The Selected Topics of the [...] Sutra in ten fascicles [...] chapters, probing depths and exploring the hidden, of the lineage of historians. The Five Flavors [...], treatises [...]. The New Drafts of Yuxi in forty fascicles, songs [...] conduct must be steadfast and deep, the mind must be settled [...], thought must be compassionate and the capacity for forbearance must be broad.