法苑珠林 16.70

16.70

"Things have broad abundance; / men indeed possess multiple talents. / Profound was Shi Dao'an, / who singly surpassed them twofold. / His fame soared over Qian and Long; / his renown sped across the Huai and the sea. / Though his form has transformed and passed away, / he seems still to abide as ever."
A separate record says: 'North of the Yellow River there was separately a Zhu Dao'an, whose fame equalled Shi Dao'an's, and it was to Zhu Dao'an that Xi Zuochi sent a letter.' Dao'an originally followed his teacher's surname, Zhu, and later changed it to Shi. Seeing his two surnames, people of the world consequently claimed they were two persons, which is an error. (The above two verifications are taken from the Liang Biographies of Eminent Monks.)