肇論新疏 2.310

2.310

This means that the King of Qin's love for the Dharma stems from his natural endowment. "Capacity" is also nature, meaning his perceptive and sage nature rises high above mundane rulers. Examining the Comprehensive Mirror, although Yao Xing is categorized among the Five Barbarians, he was truly an outstanding ruler. From "city wall and moat" downward, it means that his protecting of the Dharma is like a city wall and a moat. From "Because of this" downward: since his virtue was such, goodness inevitably resonated; extraordinary scriptures and supreme monks were just then coming without considering ten thousand li too far. Broadly as shown below, supreme affairs of the Dharma gate were never greater than at this time, as if the atmosphere of the Vulture Peak had shifted and gathered in this land. The Biography of Kumārajīva in the Book of Jin says: "When Kumārajīva entered the Pass, nine out of ten households were among those transformed."