Great patent of appointment granted to Dohaeng, Monastic Director of the Hwaeom school華嚴業僧統都行敎書官誥 大官誥
云云。道隱冥筌。唯碩德迺傳於正法。名爲重選。雖空門莫尙於休稱。衆所尊而奉之。禮當區以別矣。盍崇極品。以表英標。某官某。慧解疏通。心機沈邃。蓄無盡藏。雖胸呑萬法之源。由最上根。獨吻合十玄之味。以荷擔大乘而自任。其陶鑄後學者甚多。常居講席之主盟。可謂敎家之司命。國奉戴爲大和尙。身約敕猶貧浮屠。歷住名藍。其室若懸磬。再登批筆。於己如浮雲。境地自如。褒寵所絶。雖然。梁唐有國師大師之號。齊宋置法主僧主之呼。望苟稱於表儀。位宜居於首領。肆循公論。俾躡巍階。於戲。珠玉錢貝易耗也。不若僧寶之爲足攴。城池溝塹易危也。莫如法力之爲足恃。體玆眷注。勖爾精勤。云云。
And so forth.
The Way lies hidden within a dim fish-trap, and only one who holds great virtue transmits the right Dharma. A name becomes a weighty selection, and within the Buddhist gate there is nothing beyond a fair appellation. Since the multitude honors and upholds him, propriety requires that he be singled out and set apart. How then should I not raise his rank to the utmost and so make his outstanding example manifest?
So-and-so of such-and-such office is clear and open in his wise understanding, and deep and hidden in the ground of his mind. He has heaped up an inexhaustible storehouse and swallowed into his breast the source of all dharmas; born with the very highest capacity, he alone fitted exactly into the savor of the ten profound principles. He took it upon himself to shoulder the Great Vehicle, and those he shaped and reared among later men are very many. He has always sat in the seat of chief of the lecture hall, so that he may be called the one charged with the life of the doctrinal schools.
The state upheld him and honored him as a great preceptor, yet he kept watch over his bearing like a poor monk. He has held charge of famous monasteries all around, yet his room has been empty as a hanging chime; twice he took up the brush and rose to the seat where decisions are made, yet to his own person these were as drifting clouds. His state of mind is undivided, and praise and favor are what cannot reach him.
Even so, in Liang and in Tang there were the titles National Preceptor and Great Preceptor, and in Qi and in Song they established the appellations Dharma Lord and Monastic Lord. When renown truly answers to a man's example, his place ought by right to be at the head. And so, following the counsel of all, I have him tread a high rank.
Ah, pearls and jade, coin and cowrie wear away easily, and are not so good as monastic treasure, which is enough to be a support; walls and moats, ditches and pits are easily imperiled, and are not so good as the power of the Dharma, which is enough to be trusted. Take this caring intent upon your person, and strive and be diligent. And so forth.