金剛經纂要刊定記 1.21

1.21

二、作者嘉號，京者都也大也，即士庶貴賤都會之大處也。然是西京非謂東北，以有大興福寺闇揀故，不言西也。沙門梵語此云勤息，即釋眾之通號，謂勤修諸行息煩惱故。述者明非製作，符上纂要之言，但是敘述先聖之旨，非別製作故也。例如夫子云：「述而不作信而好古，竊比於我老彭。」

Second, the honorable title of the author. "Jing" (capital) means metropolis, meaning great; that is, the great place of assembly for gentlemen and commoners, noble and humble. However, it refers to the Western Capital, not the northeast; because there is a tacit selection through the Da Xingfu Monastery, "West" is not stated. "Śramaṇa" is a Sanskrit term, translated here as "diligent cessation"; that is, the general designation for the Śākya assembly, meaning diligently cultivating all practices and bringing afflictions to cessation. "Set forth" (shu) clarifies that it is not an original composition, according with the words "compiling the essentials" above; it merely narrates the intention of former sages, not being an independent composition. For example, the Master [Confucius] said: 'Transmitting and not composing, trusting in and loving antiquity, I venture to compare myself to our Old Peng.'"