[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) › [歷代三寶紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034) › 4.5 # 歷代三寶紀 4.5 歷代三寶紀 4.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.4.5) 右一經一卷。明帝世中天竺國婆羅門沙門迦葉摩騰譯。或云竺攝摩騰。或直云攝摩騰。群錄互存未詳孰是。既未審知定何是姓何者是名。先來弗譯所以備彰。騰幼而敏悟兼有風姿。博學多聞。特明經律。思力精拔。探索幽深。敷文析理每有新義。當時學徒未之附也。法師遊乎天竺。西北有一小國。其國宗奉焉。俄而隣國興師。兵戈不戢。迄將踐境輒有事礙。於是疑有異術。密遣覘觀。使人還云。彼國君臣講習大乘金光明等經。經言。說此法地神王護之。緣是隣國請和求法弘通大乘。自爾南渡漸於此矣。永平年隨逐蔡愔至自洛邑。於白馬寺翻出此經。依錄而編。即是漢地經之祖也。舊錄云。本是外國經抄。元出大部。撮要引俗似此孝經一十八章。道安錄無出。舊錄及朱士行漢錄僧祐出三藏集記。又載但大法初傳人未歸信致使摩騰蘊其深解不復多翻。後卒雒陽。載其委曲備朱士行漢錄及高僧名僧等傳諸雜記錄。寶唱又云。是竺法蘭譯。此或據其與攝摩騰同時來耳。 > The one scripture in one fascicle above was translated during the reign of Emperor Ming by Kāśyapa Mātanga, a Brahmin śramaṇa from Central Tianzhu. Some call him Zhu Shemoteng, or simply Shemoteng; the various catalogues differ, and it is not clear which is correct. Since it is not yet definitely known which is the surname and which the personal name, and earlier \[catalogues\] did not translate \[the name's meaning\], it is set forth here in full. Mātanga was bright and perceptive from youth and possessed a refined presence. Broadly learned and widely heard, he was particularly clear on the sūtras and Vinaya. His intellectual power was fine and penetrating, exploring the subtle and profound; his exposition of texts and analysis of principles consistently offered new interpretations, though students at that time had not yet attached themselves to him. The Dharma master traveled through Tianzhu. To the northwest there was a small kingdom that revered him. Soon, a neighboring country raised troops and warfare did not cease; yet whenever they were about to cross the border, there was always an impediment. Suspecting some supernatural art, they secretly sent a spy to observe. The scout returned and reported: "The lord and ministers of that kingdom expound and study Mahāyāna scriptures such as the Suvarṇaprabhāsa; the sūtra states that wherever this Dharma is preached, the earth spirits and kings protect it." Consequently, the neighboring country sued for peace and sought the Dharma to propagate the Mahāyāna. From then on, it crossed southwards and gradually spread here. In the Yongping era, accompanying Cai Yin, he arrived from Luoyang and translated this sūtra at the White Horse Monastery. Arranged according to the catalogues, this is the very ancestor of scriptures in the land of Han. An older catalogue states: "It was originally an extract from foreign scriptures, originating from a larger work, excerpting essentials to guide the vulgar, resembling the eighteen chapters of the Classic of Filial Piety." Dao'an's catalogue does not list it. The Old Catalogue, Zhu Shixing's Han Catalogue, and Sengyou's Chu sanzang ji ji all record it. However, because the Great Dharma had just been transmitted and people had not yet turned to it in faith, Mātanga kept his profound understanding hidden and did not translate further. Later he died in Luoyang. The full details are recorded in Zhu Shixing's Han Catalogue, the Gaoseng zhuan, the Mingseng zhuan, and various miscellaneous records. Baochang also says that it was translated by Zhu Falan; this is perhaps based on his having arrived at the same time as She Moteng. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.4.4) - [Next: 4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.4.6) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034~en-mt.4.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [翻譯名義集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.1.194) — 法雲, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.4.5) · Pramāṇa