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title: "釋氏通鑑 · 敬宗"
description: "释氏通鑑由南宋僧人本觉編集，是一部编年体佛教史书。该书成书于宋末，以禅宗视角系统记述了从释迦牟尼佛到北宋末年的佛教传播与发展历程。内容涵盖印度与中国佛教的重要事件、高僧传记及宗派传承，融汇儒释道三教思想。作为中国早期佛教通史著作，它不仅具有重要的史料价值，更展现了宋代佛教史学的高度成就，对研究汉传佛教历史脉络与思想演变具有权威参考意义。"
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### 敬宗

> Revering the Ancestors

乙巳寶曆元年

> Yisi<note>The first year of the Baoli era</note>

尚書李翱。字習之。甞刺朗州。慕藥山之道。入山謁之。山誦經不顧。李曰。見面不如聞名。山呼太守。李應諾。山云。何得貴耳賤目。李謝之。問曰。如何是道。山以手指上下。云會麼。曰不會。山云。雲在青天。水在瓶。李忻然。答以偈曰。鍊得身形似鶴形。千株松下兩函經。我來問道無餘說。雲在青天水在瓶。又問。如何是戒定慧。山云。這裏無此閑家具。李辭去。一夕藥山登山。忽雲開見月。大笑一聲。聲落澧陽。八九十里。翱聞之。復寄偈曰。選得幽居愜野情。終年無送亦無迎。有時直上孤峰頂。月下披雲笑一聲。李甞著復性書三篇。其一篇謂。情昏則性匿。忘情則復性。誠則明。明則盡性命之道。其二謂。無思則寂照。致知在格物。其三謂。昏而不思。終不明道文集。

> Minister of Works Li Ao, whose courtesy name was Xizhi, once governed Langzhou. Admiring the way of Master Yaoshan, he went into the mountains to pay his respects. Yaoshan was reciting scriptures and took no notice of him. Li said, "Seeing you in person is not as good as hearing of your fame." Yaoshan called out, "Prefect!" Li responded. Yaoshan said, "How can you value your ears over your eyes?" Li apologized and asked, "What is the Way?" Yaoshan pointed up and down with his hand and asked, "Do you understand?" Li said he did not. Yaoshan said, "Clouds are in the blue sky; water is in the bottle." Li was delighted and answered with a verse: "Refining the body to take on the form of a crane, beneath a thousand pines two cases of sutras. I came to ask of the Way—no further words: clouds in the blue sky, water in the bottle." He then asked, "What are precepts, concentration, and wisdom?" Yaoshan said, "There are no such idle furnishings here." Li took his leave. One night, Yaoshan climbed the mountain. Suddenly the clouds parted to reveal the moon, and he let out a great laugh. The sound carried over Liyang for eighty or ninety li. When Li Ao heard of it, he sent another verse: "Choosing a secluded dwelling to match rustic tastes, year round no seeing off, no welcoming. Sometimes I climb straight to the lonely peak's top, beneath the moon parting clouds with a single laugh." Li Ao once wrote three chapters on the "Recovery of Nature." In the first, he said that when emotions obscure, nature hides; when emotions are forgotten, nature recovers. Sincerity brings clarity, and clarity fulfills the way of fully realizing one's nature. In the second, he said that without thought, there is stillness and illumination, and the extension of knowledge lies in the investigation of things. In the third, he said that being clouded and not thinking never reveals the Way. <note>Collected Works</note>

丙午二年

> In the year of Bingwu<note>the second year</note>

裴肅字中明。任越州觀察使。重建龍興寺大佛殿。應三百年讖記。先是越州沙門曇彥。與許詢元度。同造二塔。塔未就。詢亡。彥師壽百二十。猶待得詢後身。為岳陽王蕭察。來撫越州。及到州。人寺見彥。彥以三昧力加被。王忽悟前身造塔之事。由是二塔益資壯麗。時龍興寺大殿隳壞。眾請重脩。彥曰。非貧道緣力也。後三百年。有緋衣功德主。來興此殿。寺眾刻石記之。及是裴守赴任。施俸脩殿。方應彥師懸記。肅乃裴休父也傳燈○十二月帝崩。文帝即位。

> Pei Su, also known as Zhongming, served as the Military Governor of Yuezhou. He rebuilt the Great Buddha Hall of Longxing Temple, fulfilling a prophecy made three hundred years earlier. Previously, the monk Tanyan of Yuezhou, together with Xu Xun (styled Yuandu), had jointly built two pagodas. But before the pagodas were completed, Xu Xun passed away. Master Tanyan lived to the remarkable age of one hundred twenty, still waiting for Xu Xun's reincarnation to arrive. Xu Xun was reborn as Xiao Cha, the King of Yueyang, who later came to govern Yuezhou. Upon arriving at the prefecture, he visited the temple and met Tanyan. Through his meditative powers, Tanyan caused the king to suddenly recall his past life and the work on the pagodas. Thus the two pagodas were further enhanced and made even more magnificent. At that time, the Great Hall of Longxing Temple had fallen into disrepair. The monks requested that it be rebuilt, but Tanyan said, "This is not something my humble efforts can accomplish. Three hundred years from now, a patron in crimson robes will come to restore this hall." The monks inscribed this prophecy on stone. When Governor Pei arrived to take up his post, he donated his salary to repair the hall, exactly fulfilling Master Tanyan's prediction. Pei Su was the father of Pei Xiu. <note>From the Transmission of the Lamp</note> In the twelfth month, the Emperor passed away, and Emperor Wen ascended the throne.