大乘義章 20.76

20.76

右二十六軸所讐校之原本者，古寫三本校合之善本也。曾延享二年歡喜庵，得東都增上寺山內洞譽團海藏本，而令義鏡沙彌模寫矣。近天明之初，明善寺補天將仁和寺及與東大寺兩本更參校是非、較量同異，法顯所藏者是也。（景）寬政九年丁巳春起毫，未盡三軸，應二三子需，講《無量壽觀經》。序分講了，復續於先筆。又夏六月，於下總西念寺講正信偈，秋於自坊續講定善十三觀。今年戊午春，朝讀散善九品，夕講淨土和讚及《毘婆沙．易行品》，以故不得一事校讐。同年臘月上旬第九日，謄寫之功畢，愧多於三豕點讀之謬矣。冀後見者善揀擇，為是正焉。

The original text against which the above twenty-six scrolls were collated is an excellent copy collated from three ancient manuscripts. Formerly, in the second year of Enkyō [1745] at Kanki-an, the copy kept by Eyo Danhai of Zōjōji within the eastern capital was obtained, and the novice Gikyō was ordered to transcribe it. Recently, at the beginning of the Tenmei era [1781], Hōten of Myōzenji further compared the errors and collated the similarities and differences against the two manuscripts from Ninnaji and Tōdaiji; this was the copy held by Hōken. In the spring of the ding-si year, the ninth year of Kansei [1797], I (Kei) began to wield the brush; before finishing three scrolls, in response to requests from two or three disciples, I lectured on the Guan Wuliangshou Jing. When the introductory portion of the lecture was completed, I resumed my earlier writing. Again, in the sixth month of summer, I lectured on the Shōshinge at Sainenji in Shimōsa, and in autumn at my own quarters continued lecturing on the thirteen contemplations of meditative goodness. In the spring of the present wu-wu year [1798], I read the nine grades of non-meditative goodness in the morning, and in the evening lectured on the Jōdo Wasan and the "Chapter on Easy Practice" of the Vibhāṣā; because of this, I was unable to dedicate myself solely to collation. On the ninth day of the first ten days of the twelfth month of the same year, the labor of transcription was completed; I am ashamed that errors may exceed the "three pigs" clerical blunders. I hope that future readers will examine them carefully and correct them.