[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) › [大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736) › 1.3 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 1.3 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 1.3 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.1.3) 至聖垂誥、鏡一心之玄極，大士弘闡、燭微言之幽致，雖忘懷於詮旨之域，而浩瀚於文義之海，蓋欲寄象繫之迹，窮無盡之趣矣。斯經文理不可得而稱也，晉譯幽祕，賢首頗得其門；唐翻靈編，後哲未窺其奧。澄觀不揆膚受，輒闡玄微，偶溢九州、遐飛四海，講者盈百，咸扣余曰：「大教趣深，疏文致遠。親承旨訓，髣髴近宗。垂範千古，慮惑高悟。希垂再剖，得覩光輝。」順斯雅懷，再此條理，名為隨疏演義。昔人云：「人在則易，人亡則難。」今為解釋，冀遐方終古得若面會。然繁則倦於章句、簡則昧其源流，顧此才難，有慚折中，意夫後學其辭不枝矣。 > The Supreme Sage bequeathed his instructions, mirroring the profound utmost of the one mind; the Great Being widely expounded them, illuminating the subtle and abstruse imports of the profound words. Although they forgot attachments in the realm of signifiers and signified, they were vast and boundless in the ocean of texts and meanings, wishing merely to lodge the traces of forms and words in order to exhaust inexhaustible purports. The text and principle of this sūtra cannot be adequately praised: in the Jin translation, which was abstruse and secret, Xianshou largely found its gateway; but in the sacred compilation of the Tang translation, later wise ones have not yet peered into its profundities. Not measuring my shallow attainments, I, Chengguan, rashly expounded the mysterious subtleties, which chanced to overflow the nine provinces and soar afar across the four seas. Lecturers numbered over a hundred, and all addressed me, saying: 'The purport of the great teaching is profound, and the phrasing of the commentary reaches far. Having personally received your direct instructions, we seem to catch a glimpse of the proximate tenet. To bequeath a model for a thousand ages, however, we fear that those of high awakening will still be perplexed. We pray that you will deign to dissect it again, so that they may behold its brilliant radiance.' Acceding to these elegant aspirations, I have organized it once more into this treatise, titled 'Subcommentary Elucidating the Meaning of the Commentary'. A man of antiquity said: 'While the person is present, it is easy; when the person is gone, it is difficult.' Now I make this explanation, hoping that those in distant realms and perpetual ages might meet as if face to face. Yet, if prolix, one tires of the chapters and verses; if concise, one remains ignorant of their source and stream. Considering this difficulty of talent, I am ashamed of my attempts at striking a middle ground, but I trust that for later students the phrasing will not be overly sprawling. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.1.2) - [Next: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.1.4) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.1.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.1.3) · Pramāṇa