成唯識論掌中樞要 1.12

1.12

時有玄鑒居士識鳳鷄之歛羽，委麟龍之潛迹，每磬所資，恒為供養，深誠固志，物竭積年。菩薩誘掖多端，答遺茲釋而試之曰：「我滅之後，凡有來觀，即取金一兩，脫逢神穎，當可傳通。終期既漸，奄絕玄導。」菩薩名振此洲，論釋聲超彼土；有靈之類，誰不懷欽；朝聞夕殞，豈悋金壁；若市趨賢，如岳疊貨；五天鶴望，未輒流行。

At that time, there was a layman named Xuanjian, who recognized when the phoenix and fowl fold their wings and understood when the qilin and dragon conceal their traces. He continually exhausted his resources to provide offerings, steadfast in deep sincerity and resolution, depleting his wealth year after year. The Bodhisattva instructed and guided him in many ways, and, presenting him with this commentary in return, tested him saying: “After I pass into extinction, whenever anyone comes to read this, take one ounce of gold; if you happen to encounter someone of divine brilliance, you may transmit and circulate it.” The final term having approached, his profound guidance suddenly came to an end. The Bodhisattva's renown shook this continent [of Jambudvīpa], and the fame of his treatise and commentary surpassed that other land. Among sentient beings, who did not cherish reverence? Hearing it at dawn and dying at dusk, how could they begrudge gold and jade? People rushed to the sage as to a market; offerings piled up like mountains. The five regions of India craned their necks in longing, but it had not yet circulated freely.