鐔津文集 17.6

17.6

晝公文章清復秀。天與其能不可鬪。僧攻文什自古有。出拔須尊晝為首。造化雖移神不遷。晝公作詩心亦然。上跨騷雅下沈宋。俊思縱橫道自全。禪伯修文（修或揮字）豈徒爾。誘引人心通佛理。縉紳先生魯公輩。早躡清游慕方外。斯人已歿斯言在。護法當應垂萬代。

Venerable Zhou's literary works are clear and elegant; / The talent Heaven bestowed on him cannot be rivaled. / Monks practicing literature have existed since antiquity, / But for preeminence, one must honor Zhou as the first. / Though creation alters, the spirit does not shift; / When Venerable Zhou composed poetry, his mind was just the same. / Above, he straddled the Sao and the Ya; below, he surpassed Shen and Song; / With free and bold thoughts running wild, his Way was fully complete. / How could the Chan master’s cultivation of literature have been in vain? / It guided human minds to penetrate Buddhist principles. / Gentlemen of the court, like Duke Lu and his peers, / Early on joined his pure excursions, admiring what lay beyond the mundane. / Though this man has passed away, these words remain; / Defending the Dharma, they surely shall endure for ten thousand generations.