[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) › [四分律行事鈔資持記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805) › 1.12 # 四分律行事鈔資持記 1.12 四分律行事鈔資持記 1.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.1.12) 撰號中。本為標名示文所出，名容相涉，別之以寺；寺或同名，揀之以處。京兆者，即古長安城，今之永興軍也；自古帝王建都之地，故立此號。京者訓大，言土境之廣；兆即是眾，言士庶之多。即律師行化之境，亦即本所生地。有云長城，或云丹徒者（長城、湖州、丹徒、潤州），此謂祖宗之所出，非生處也。《行狀》云大師在京華生長，足為明據。其出世示滅，中間化事，備載《行狀》，此不煩引。撰述者。通而為言，撰亦是述。今既兩標，故須別釋。撰謂操觚染翰，詮次成章；述謂謙己推他，相循舊轍。若準後批云武德九年撰，而《戒疏》批云貞觀初年，以武德九年即改貞觀，故無所妨。彼疏又云：貞觀四年，遠觀化表；於泌部山，為擇律師又出鈔三卷；乃承吾前本，更加潤色，筋脈相通；準此乃是重修前本。案目錄中乃當貞觀八年，即今所傳之本也。（舊云有六卷，又云後分十二卷。準下序云：三卷攝文，文無不委，則是非見矣。） > Regarding the author's title: it was originally meant to indicate the name and show where the text originated. Since names might be confused, they are distinguished by monastery; if monasteries share the same name, they are selected by location. 'Jingzhao' is the ancient city of Chang'an, modern Yongxing Prefecture; it was the site where emperors and kings established their capitals since antiquity, hence it was given this designation. 'Jing' is glossed as great, referring to the vastness of its territory; 'zhao' means multitude, referring to the abundance of scholars and commoners. This was the area where the Vinaya master carried out his transformative teaching, and it was also his original birthplace. Some say Changcheng, or some say Dantu (Changcheng in Huzhou, Dantu in Runzhou); these refer to the origins of his ancestors, not his birthplace. The Account of Conduct says that the Great Master was born and raised in the capital, which serves as clear evidence. His renunciation, his parinirvāṇa, and the transformative deeds between them are fully recorded in the Account of Conduct and need not be cited here at length. 'Compiled and transmitted': Broadly speaking, compiling is also transmitting. Now that both are specified, they must be explained separately. 'Compiled' (zhuàn) means holding the tablet and dipping the brush to arrange and order \[the writing\] into chapters; 'transmitted' (shù) means humbling oneself while deferring to others, following along the old tracks. According to the later endorsement, it was compiled in the ninth year of Wude, while the endorsement to the Precept Commentary says the early years of Zhenguan; because the ninth year of Wude changed to Zhenguan, there is no contradiction. That commentary also says: 'In the fourth year of Zhenguan, observing the transformative influence from afar, at Mount Mibu I produced another three-fascicle manual for Vinaya Master Ze; it followed my former draft, adding polish so that the veins and arteries were connected.' According to this, it was a revision of the previous text. Examining the catalogue, this corresponds to the eighth year of Zhenguan, which is the version transmitted today. (Formerly it was said that there were six fascicles, and also that it was later divided into twelve fascicles. Based on the preface below, which states: 'Three fascicles gather the text, and the text leaves nothing unelaborated,' the truth and falsity can be seen.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.1.11.3) - [Next: 1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.1.13) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805~en-mt.1.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1805.1.12) · Pramāṇa