起信論疏筆削記 1.15

1.15

西太原寺者，即長安崇福寺也。以天下有五寺，俱名太原，為揀餘四，故言西也。東即揚州，南即荊南府，西即長安，北即太原（亦名崇福），中即東都（今之福先）。俱稱太原者，以則天生于太原，此既皆彼捨宅所置，為敬生處故以為名。沙門者，釋眾之通號，此云勤息。謂勤修戒定慧，息滅惑業苦，故受斯稱。法藏者，俗姓康氏，華嚴第三祖，勅諡賢首大師。德業恢隆，廣如傳錄。述者，明非造作也。如仲尼云：「述而不作，信而好古。」明己勞謙，故云述也。

'West Taiyuan Monastery' is Chongfu Monastery in Chang'an. Since throughout the realm there were five monasteries all named Taiyuan, to distinguish it from the other four, it says 'West.' The east was Yangzhou; the south was Jingnan Prefecture; the west was Chang'an; the north was Taiyuan (also named Chongfu); and the central was the Eastern Capital (the present-day Fuxian). They were all called Taiyuan because Wu Zetian was born in Taiyuan, and since these were all established from her donated residences, they were so named out of reverence for her birthplace. 'Śramaṇa' is the general title for the assembly of the Śākyan [monks], translated here as 'diligently putting to rest.' It means diligently cultivating morality, meditation, and wisdom, and putting to rest and extinguishing afflictions, karma, and suffering; hence one receives this designation. 'Fazang' had the secular surname Kang; he was the third patriarch of Huayan, imperially posthumously titled Great Master Xianshou. His virtuous deeds were grand and magnificent, as detailed in his biographies. 'Composed' (*shu*) clarifies that it was not an original creation. As Zhongni said: 'Transmitting and not creating, trusting in and loving antiquity.' Clarifying one's own humble labor, he therefore said 'composed.'