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### 明鶴林寺一宗禪師塔銘并序

> Ming Helin Temple Master Yizong Chan Master Stupa Inscription<note place="inline">with Preface</note>

師法名德乘，一宗其別號，廣陵房氏子也。母高氏，夢飛光墮室而孕。年三十，東家以姦事誣之。師两斷其陰以自明，遂走昭陽，禮太虛道極和尚。和尚曰：禮我何為？曰：世緣有盡，佛法難聞，念求出家耳。和尚大異之，鳴鍾告眾為剃髮焉。執巾瓶侍左右三年。一日，辭往四方叅學，遍遊天台、南海、少室、五臺，與五臺大千師機語契合。已而南還，渡江，居姑蘇天平山白雲禪寺三年，又居金山。大徹堂飯僧，郡守秀水鍾公聞師道行請住鶴林。古剎廢十餘年矣，余適過之，乃𦔳師力為規復，重搆佛殿。太守臨川吳公復捐俸修飭焉。右蓮池、左竹院、前後梵宇煥然復新。工將告成，延麓亭法師講《楞嚴經》，於是土人有訟師者，師勿辯，竟趨徑山結茆椽以居。越三載，士夫暨其徒眾仰師法利，懇請歸山。萬曆十七年秋染微疾，至十二月五日合掌語眾云：今日有二人求見，莫令入吾室，老僧今日無暇矣。少頃，果二人至，止之不入，跪竢於門外，忽聞師歌曰：泥牛纔出海，木馬又嘶風；欲觧箇中語，山重水又重。歌罷，端坐而化。塔于寺左山麓，世壽六十三，僧臘三十二。銘曰：

> The master was named Facheng, of the Cheng lineage, and was also known by the style Guangling. His mother, née Gao, dreamed of a flying light falling into her room and became pregnant. At age thirty, he was falsely accused of adultery by a neighbor. To prove his innocence, he cut off his own genitals. He then fled to Zhaoyang and paid homage to the monk Taixu Daoyuan. The monk asked, “Why do you bow to me?” He replied, “Worldly conditions have their limits, but the Dharma is difficult to encounter. I wish to leave home and become a renunciant.” The monk was greatly surprised and, ringing the bell, announced to the assembly that he would shave his head. The master served as an attendant, holding the towel and pitcher, for three years. One day, he took leave to study widely, traveling to Tiantai, Nanhai, Shaolin, and Wutai. At Wutai, he met Master Daqian, and their insight matched perfectly. Later he returned south, crossed the river, and lived for three years at White Cloud Zen Monastery on Tianping Mountain in Suzhou. He then lived at Gold Mountain. While serving meals to monks in the Great Enlightenment Hall, the prefect of Xiushui, Mr. Zhong, heard of his virtuous conduct and invited him to reside at Crane Grove. That ancient temple had been abandoned for over ten years. I happened to pass by and helped him plan its restoration, rebuilding the Buddha hall. The prefect of Linchuan, Mr. Wu, also donated his salary for repairs. The right side had a lotus pond, the left a bamboo garden; the front and rear monastic buildings were renewed and splendid. As the work neared completion, the master invited Dharma Master Luting to expound the Śūraṅgama Sūtra. At that time, a local brought a lawsuit against him. The master did not defend himself but instead went directly to Mount Jing, where he built a thatched hut and lived. After three years, laypeople and his disciples, admiring his Dharma benefits, earnestly begged him to return to the mountain. In the autumn of the seventeenth year of the Wanli reign (1589), he fell slightly ill. On the fifth day of the twelfth month, he put his palms together and said to the assembly, “Today two people wish to see me. Do not let them enter my room. This old monk has no time today.” Shortly after, two people did arrive. Stopped from entering, they knelt waiting outside the door. Suddenly they heard the master chant: “The mud ox just emerged from the sea, The wooden horse again neighs in the wind. If you wish to understand this saying, Mountains are heavy and waters deep again.” Having chanted, he sat upright and passed away. His stupa was built at the foot of the mountain to the left of the temple. His worldly age was sixty-three; his monastic years, thirty-two. The inscription says:

惟師稟靈異　夙具出世因往業亦須酧　魔境時荊榛戒體苟不毀　幼身何足憐由茲脫塵網　佛種從緣生叅方勵苦行　利養施慈雲巍巍古名剎既隳賴鼎新坐脫預知時　留偈度有情末教振一時　超然等應真白骨埋青山　歷刼弘法輪

> The master was born with extraordinary gifts, Destined from the start to leave the worldly sphere. Yet past karma still had to be repaid, And demonic obstacles often arose like thorns in the path. If the precepts remain unbroken, What reason to pity this frail body? Through this, he escaped the snares of the world, And the seed of Buddhahood sprouted from conditions. He journeyed far, enduring harsh ascetic practices, Giving offerings with the compassion of a guiding cloud. The majestic ancient monastery, long in ruins, Was restored through his devoted efforts. Sitting in meditation, he knew his time of passing, Leaving behind verses to guide sentient beings. In an age of decline, he revived the Dharma, Transcending all, akin to the arhats. His bones rest beneath the green mountain, Turning the wheel of Dharma through countless eons.

萬曆壬辰年臘月朔　吏部尚書平湖陸光祖撰

> Preface by Lu Guangzu, Minister of Personnel, Written on the First Day of the Twelfth Month in the Renchu Year of the Wanli Era