Supplemented Continuation of the Transmission of the Lamp (增集續傳燈錄) · Preface to the Expanded and Collected Sequel to the Transmission of the Lamp (No. 1574-B 增集續傳燈錄序) · Thus have I heard - Illuminating Buddhist Wisdom with AI

余於少壯時甞閱秀紫芝人天寶鑒。其序有云。先德有善不能昭昭於世者。後學之過也。及觀五燈會元。若妙峰北磵松源破庵諸老宿皆未登此書。乃有撰述之志。於是凡見禪宗典籍及塔銘行狀。自宋季及元以來諸碩德言行超卓者遂筆之。迨今越三十餘年矣。但不能遍歷江湖訪而求之。於心未慊。故於永樂乙未移書諸大方尊宿。幸籍靈谷幻居和尚天童即庵和尚展轉搜討。繼而又得郡人吳道玄亦為愽尋遺籍。僅有所成遂用銓次。竊觀續傳燈錄於五燈會元後。若大鑒第十八世至二十世曾収三世。柰収之未盡。已收者亦言行太略。今於所收外又增入之。故云增集續傳燈錄。噫。凡著述者言必尚文。余媿乏於文。然吾宗直指單傳之道。所貴直書以顯其旨趣耳。亦何假乎文哉。惟吾門通宗者鑒諸。