[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) › [維摩義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776) › 1.2 # 維摩義記 1.2 維摩義記 1.2 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.1.2) 余甞見天僧統《教藏總錄》曰「《維摩經義記》四卷，慧遠撰。」因謂吾祖智者大師疏《觀經》也多採用淨影，於《維摩經》想亦當然。頃一書賈齎《義記》一帙至，余得之欣然。讀之，雖不如素意，而其釋最委。至其伸釋一義，多先徵起、後方解之，實不忘本母之體，關中嘉祥不得抗衡也。吾祖釋義事理兩圓，而以理觀為主、事解稍略，故先讀斯記而後以智者融譚則可乎。但脫誤尤多，後之得善本者幸正之。 > I once saw in the Tiantai Monastic Controller's General Catalogue of the Canon of Teachings: "The Record of the Meaning of the Vimalakīrti Sūtra in four fascicles, composed by Huiyuan." Thereupon I considered that our ancestral Great Master Zhiyi, when commenting on the Contemplation Sūtra, largely adopted \[the interpretations of the master of\] Jingying \[temple, Huiyuan\], and regarding the Vimalakīrti Sūtra it was presumably the same. Recently a bookseller arrived carrying a case containing this Record of the Meaning, and I acquired it with great joy. Reading it, although it was not entirely as I had originally envisaged, its explanations are most exhaustive. As for its exposition of a single doctrine, it mostly raises objections first and only then resolves them, truly never forgetting the structure of the mātṛkā; the master of Jiaxiang in the Guanzhong region could not rival it. When our ancestor expounded the meanings, phenomena and principle were both rounded out, yet he took contemplation of principle as primary and phenomenal explanations were somewhat concise; therefore, would it not be fitting to read this Record first and afterwards harmonize it with the discussions of Zhiyi? However, omissions and errors are particularly numerous; may those who obtain a good edition in the future kindly correct them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.1.1) - [Next: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.1.3) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776~en-mt.1.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.1.2) · Pramāṇa