[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) › [肇論新疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860) › 1.6 # 肇論新疏 1.6 肇論新疏 1.6 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1.6) 《通鑑》說：「符健據關中，國號大秦。至符堅末年，姚萇篡立，亦號為秦。故史家乃以前後字別之。」論主在後秦也。長安即今安西。釋謂釋迦，即僧之通姓，以如來姓釋迦氏故也。安公創式，遠叶阿含，千古遵依，迄今未替。僧肇即論主之諱，本傳略云：「京兆人，歷觀經史、備盡墳籍，志好玄微，每以莊老為心要。故歎曰：『美則美矣，然其棲神冥累之方猶未盡善。』後見舊《維摩經》歡喜頂受，乃言始知所歸矣。因此出家。學善方等、兼通三藏。聞羅什在姑臧，自遠從之，什嗟賞無極。及什來長安，肇亦隨入，姚興勅令入逍遙園詳定經論。所著四論，并《註維摩經》及製諸經論序，並傳於世。」作，猶製也造也。義誠佛說，論自已為，蓋作其辭而弗蘊其義也。 > The Tongjian says: "Fu Jian occupied Guanzhong, naming the state Great Qin. Toward the end of Fu Jian's reign, Yao Chang usurped the throne and also called it Qin. Therefore, historians distinguished them by the words 'Former' and 'Later'." The treatise master lived under the Later Qin. Chang'an is the present-day Anxi. "Śākya" refers to Śākyamuni, which is the common surname of monastics, because the Tathāgata had the surname of the Śākya clan. Master Dao'an initiated this model, which from afar agreed with the āgamas; for a thousand ages it has been followed and relied upon, without change down to the present. Sengzhao is the name of the treatise master. His original biography states in brief: "A native of Jingzhao, he read widely through the classics and histories and thoroughly mastered ancient writings. His aspiration delighted in the subtle and profound, and he always took Zhuangzi and Laozi as his mental essentials. Hence he sighed: 'Beautiful indeed they are, yet their method of resting the spirit and merging with afflictions is still not completely consummate.' Later, when he saw the old Vimalakīrtinirdeśa, he rejoiced and received it on the crown of his head, saying that only then did he know where to take refuge. Thereupon he went forth from household life. He skillfully studied the vaipulya and simultaneously mastered the Tripiṭaka. Hearing that Kumārajīva was in Guzang, he went from afar to follow him; Kumārajīva praised and admired him without limit. When Kumārajīva came to Chang'an, Zhao also followed him into the city. Yao Xing decreed that he enter the Xiaoyao Garden to carefully settle the sūtras and treatises. The four treatises he authored, along with the Commentary on the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa and the prefaces he composed for various sūtras and treatises, are all transmitted in the world." "Composed" means formulated or created. The meaning is truly the Buddha's teaching, while the treatise was authored by himself—he composed its phrasing without concealing its meaning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1.5) - [Next: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1.7) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860~en-mt.1.6) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.79) — 慧皎, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1860.1.6) · Pramāṇa