[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法華玄論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720) › 1.43 # 法華玄論 1.43 法華玄論 1.43 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1.43) 法華既有新舊兩本，講者亦應二人焉。《名僧傳》云「講經之始，起竺法護。」護公既親譯斯經，理應敷闡。自護公之後，釋安、竺汰之流唯講舊本而已。及羅什至長安，翻新《法華》竟，道融講之，開為九轍，時人呼為九轍法師。九轍之文，今所未見。講新《法花》，始乎融也。自融已後，曇影、道生之流，染翰著述者非復一焉。次乎齊代，有清信優婆塞劉虬，與十許名僧，依傍安、林、壹、遠之例，什、肇、融、恒之流，撰錄眾師之長，秤為注法華也。爰至梁始三大法師，碩學當時、名高一代、大集數論遍釋眾經。但開善以《涅槃》騰譽，莊嚴以《十地》、《勝鬘》擅名，光宅《法華》當時獨步。但光宅受經於中興寺印法師，印本壽春人，俗姓朱氏，少遊彭城從曇度受論，次從匡山惠龍受學《法華》。而印講斯經，自少至老凡得二百五十遍，春秋六十六，永明元年卒。光宅雲法師息慈之歲，隨印在鍾山下定林寺聽《法華經》。下講竟，住寺後石㵎中，累石為高座及以聽眾，於是自登石座霞述所聞。印未知之，密聽其所說，一言靡遺。年至三十，於妙音寺開《法華》、《淨名》二經題，機辨縱橫，道俗歎伏，由是已來《法華》譽顯。 > Since the Lotus Sūtra has two versions, old and new, its expositors should also be two persons. The Mingseng zhuan states: 'The beginning of lecturing on sūtras arose with Zhu Fahu.' Since Master Hu himself translated this scripture in person, in principle he ought to have expounded it. From Master Hu onward, figures such as Shi Dao'an and Zhu Fatāi only lectured on the old translation. When Kumārajīva arrived in Chang'an and completed the translation of the new Lotus Sūtra, Daorong lectured on it, opening it into nine tracks, and the people of the time called him the Nine Tracks Dharma Master. The text of the nine tracks is not seen today. Lecturing on the new Lotus Sūtra indeed began with Daorong. From Daorong onward, figures such as Tanying and Daosheng who took up brush to compose treatises were more than one. Next, during the Qi dynasty, there was the pure-faith upāsaka Liu Qiu who, together with ten or so renowned monks, followed the examples of An, Lin, Yi, and Yuan, as well as the likes of Jīva, Zhao, Rong, and Heng, compiled the strong points of the various masters, and called it a commentary on the Lotus Sūtra. Arriving at the Liang, in the beginning there were the three great dharma masters, of immense learning at the time, whose fame towered over an entire generation; they collected the Abhidharma and treatises widely to explain all the sūtras throughout. But Kaishan gained renown with the Nirvāṇa, Zhuangyan made a name for himself with the Daśabhūmika and the Śrīmālādevī-sūtra, while Guangzhai's Lotus Sūtra was unmatched in his day. But Guangzhai received the scripture from Dharma Master Yin of Zhongxing Temple. Yin was originally a man of Shouchun, lay surname Zhu. In his youth he traveled to Pengcheng to receive treatises from Tandu, and next received instruction in the Lotus Sūtra from Huilong of Kuangshan. Yin lectured on this scripture, from his youth to old age, a total of two hundred and fifty times; at sixty-six years of age, he died in the first year of the Yongming era. When Dharma Master Fayun of Guangzhai was at the age of renouncing the household life, he followed Yin to listen to the Lotus Sūtra at Lower Dinglin Temple on Mount Zhong. When the lecture ended, he stayed in the rocky ravine behind the temple, piled up stones to make a high seat and an audience, and thereupon climbed the stone seat himself to expound extensively what he had heard. Yin did not yet know of this, and secretly listened to what he expounded, without a single word omitted. When he reached thirty years of age, at Miaoyin Temple he opened lectures on the titles of the two scriptures, the Lotus Sūtra and the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa; his acumen and eloquence were unfettered, and both clerics and laity admired and submitted to him; from this time onward, his renown with the Lotus Sūtra became illustrious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1.42) - [Next: 1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1.44) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720~en-mt.1.43) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1720.1.43) · Pramāṇa