《南史·列传·卷六十九》
当初，姚察要读一部佛经，后来研读完毕，临死时，没有一点痛苦烦恼，只是面向西方打坐，排除杂念，只想 一切空寂 。
初，察欲读一藏经，并已究竟，将终，曾无痛恼，但西向坐正念，云 一切空寂 。
Originally, Yao Cha planned to read Buddhist scriptures, but when he finished studying them, by the time of his death, he did not experience any pain or worry; he simply sat facing the west, and excluded distracting thoughts, only thinking of “emptiness.”