肇論新疏 2.21

2.21

"Monks versed in doctrinal meanings" corresponds to the "explication of meaning" category among the ten sections of monastic history. The Xiaoyao Garden is the present-day Caotang Temple in Qin. Originally Yao [Xing] had established a multi-tiered pavilion here; when Master Kumārajīva entered the pass, it was bestowed as a temple. According to the Annals in the Book of Jin, the King deeply believed in the Buddha-Dharma and invited the Master to translate and elucidate it. The Master held the Sanskrit texts, while the King held the Qin texts, and they mutually collated and verified them, translating various sūtras (and so on). "Vaipulya" (fangdeng) means square, upright, and equal; that is, the vaipulya division.