[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) › [唯識二十論述記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1834) › 1.3 # 唯識二十論述記 1.3 唯識二十論述記 1.3 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1834.1.3) 然此論本，理豐文約，西域註釋，數十餘家。根本即有世親弟子瞿波論師，末後乃有護法菩薩。護法所造，釋名《唯識導論》，印度重為詞義之寶。爰至異道甞味研談。我師不以庸愚，命旌厥趣，隨翻受旨，編為《述記》。每至盤根錯節之義，敘宗迴復之文，旨義拾釋，以備提訓，更俟他辰，方冀翻釋。工虧化畢，未果便終，遂使玄源見擁而無披，幽靈守昏而永翳。可謂連城易託，法寶難規，淺義疎文從茲絕矣。 > However, the basic text of this treatise is rich in principle yet concise in phrasing, and in the Western Regions there are more than several dozen commentaries upon it. Originally, there was the master Gopa, a disciple of Vasubandhu; at the very end, there was the Bodhisattva Dharmapāla. That which was composed by Dharmapāla, titled Commentary Guiding to Vijñapti-mātra, was treasured in India as a jewel of diction and meaning, so much so that even heterodox traditions savored, investigated, and discussed it. My master, not considering me crude and ignorant, commanded me to expound its purport; receiving his instructions as he translated, I compiled this Commentary. Whenever we reached points where the meaning was knotted and complex, or phrasing where the tenets were stated and unfolded, the essential meanings were noted and explained to serve as instruction, while awaiting another time when we might translate the commentary itself. But his labors fell short as his conversion work reached its end; before it could be realized, he passed away, so that the profound source met with obstruction without being laid open, and the subtle spirit remained in darkness and was obscured forever. One may truly say that a city-swapping jade is easy to entrust, but the Dharma-treasure is difficult to attain; the superficial glosses and rough phrasing have ended here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1834.1.2) - [Next: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1834.1.4) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1834.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1834~en-mt.1.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1834.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1834.1.3) · Pramāṇa