[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) › [二諦義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854) › 1.2 # 二諦義 1.2 二諦義 1.2 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854.1.2) 嘉祥藏大師所撰二諦義章三卷，傳流吾國已來僅一千年奇矣，寵藏之古名藍之間而不以廣其傳者也久矣。向者龍寶與公偶得上下兩通，輒刻木以布海內，譬諸寶鼎之闕一足，不亦恨乎。近有書林某者，幸得古本之全者而來，請余重施國字而傳於千歲之下矣。於是兩本對撿，則與公之本非但闕中卷，亦於上卷中脫二十餘紙，況且豕亥鳳風比比有之。余慨然喟言：曾聞其名、未得其書，如渴者聞梅。然而雖偶得傳之，闕而未完全者幾許年所。今也幸得見其全書，前之所謂渴云者頓息矣。余既然，則人誰不爾乎！今將廣行于天下，此舉豈辭勞乎？是余之所以忘固陋而不敢辭其請也。而今上下兩卷，直用與公之所刻者不復改彫，其中或文字寫誤者、或兩本相異者、或疑而未決者、或恐此處必脫某字者，則皆標之卷眉，而一處未嘗以私意改易之，務在存古耳。於是乎可謂寶鼎再得為完器也，何其快哉！其既然，則安知章主大師之不熙怡微咲於那伽定中也，又安知與公之不忻躍於地下也。是為序。 > The three fascicles of the Chapter on the Meaning of the Two Truths composed by Great Master Jiaxiang \[Ji\]zang have circulated in our country for barely more than a thousand years; they were treasured away in old famous monasteries and not widely transmitted for a long time. Formerly, the venerable Ryuuhou Yo happened to obtain the upper and lower volumes, and straightaway carved them on woodblocks to distribute them throughout the realm. But like a precious tripod missing one leg, was this not regrettable? Recently, a certain bookseller fortunately obtained a complete old exemplar and came to request that I once again apply Japanese readings to it and transmit it down through a thousand years. Thereupon, comparing the two exemplars, Master Yo's text not only lacked the middle fascicle, but also had more than twenty sheets missing from the upper fascicle; moreover, errors like mistaking 'pig' for 'hai' or 'phoenix' for 'wind' were ubiquitous. Sighing deeply, I exclaimed: 'I had previously heard its name without obtaining the text, like a thirsty man hearing of plums. Yet even though it was occasionally transmitted, for how many years was it deficient and incomplete! Now, having fortunately seen the complete text, that which was previously called thirst is completely quenched. If this is so for me, who else would not feel the same? If it is now to be widely circulated throughout the realm, how could I shrink from the toil of this undertaking?' This is why I forgot my own narrow unrefinedness and did not dare refuse his request. Now, for the upper and lower fascicles, I directly used Master Yo's carved version without re-carving, and wherever there were scribal errors, differences between the two exemplars, unresolved doubts, or where I feared a certain character must be missing, I noted them all in the top margin of the fascicle, never once altering them according to my personal opinion, striving solely to preserve antiquity. Thereupon, it may truly be said that the precious tripod has once again become a whole vessel—how delightful! Since this is so, how do we know that the Great Master who authored the chapter is not smiling faintly in joy within his nāga-samādhi, and how do we know that Master Yo is not leaping with joy beneath the earth? This is the preface. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854.1.1) - [Next: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854.1.3) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854~en-mt.1.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854.1.2) · Pramāṇa