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  1. Biographies of Eminent Monks from Chan Monasteries of the Southern Song, (南宋元明禪林僧寶傳)
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  3. Southern Song, Yuan, and Ming Dynasties: Preface to the Biographies of Eminent Monks (No. 1562-B 南宋元明僧寶傳序)
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Biographies of Eminent Monks from Chan Monasteries of the Southern Song, (南宋元明禪林僧寶傳)


No. 1562-B南宋元明僧寶傳序
人以文傳。文以時貴。其時為人不可忽之時。其文為時不可少之書。廣潤幻𦨱禪師。常續南宋元明僧寶一傳。是矣。予因受政緱城間。甞私取而觀之。其書時之法。以宋室南迁。禪林剎竿亦俱南指。初政和間。有國者崇道而抑佛。自稱道君皇帝。以天下僧流。蓄髮加冠。號為德士。居道之右。及道君蒙塵佛。教復遭北金兀术魔滅。凡在北叢林。無不穢辱焉。然幸禪宗知識。早圖南隱者。若不聞也。斯傳始自建炎丁未。歷畢宋世。應元主運而再興。又畢元順遜代。明之高帝成祖。昌隆法域。而沿流不止。于順治丁亥。共五百二十一年。非人之不可忽時乎。書人之法。始是佛燈珣。葢珣入寂于南宋之初。乃至虎丘大慧密菴無準中峰海舟密雲悟雪嶠信。為臨濟一宗。以弘智真歇自得暉全一溫天童如淨雪竇無印壽昌顯聖博山來輩。為洞上一宗。其斷橋雲門兩宗。無不錯綜其間。非時不可少之人乎。以人若此。以時若彼。其傳志之于功。與獲麟春秋鐵函心史。今古同揆。皆感時憤事。不得已而作之。大有關于道法之替興。宗緒之絕續。為不刊之書也。豈時節人文可同日語哉。予特序之。以徵其志。且表其功云 古閩霍童崔秉鏡。

No. 1562-A 南宋元明僧寶傳序
No. 1562-C 南宋元明僧寶傳序

CBETA Code: X1562

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