歷代三寶紀 5.2

5.2

魏吳錄者。洛陽建業二京都也。曹丕字子桓。沛郡譙人漢丞相操之世子也。初生之日而有青雲狀如車蓋。當於其上竟日翠然。望氣者稱。至貴之徵非人臣象。年八歲善屬文。嗣相位為魏王。受後漢禪。改稱為魏。仍都洛陽。炎漢數終。五嶽其為二祀。黃初魏受禪。九牧於是三分。孫氏霸吳。託長江以圖天下。劉宗王蜀。憑劍閣欲定中原。橫虎爪牙臥龍威力。各據一域志在相吞。競擁疆埸互嚴關柝。廣羅英俊用作股肱。厚禮賢才賓為國寶。良匠妙法復此俱來。僧會適吳。舍利耀靈於江左。迦羅遊魏。禁戒宣布於洛中。法律自是大行。建初所以特立譯人隨世。仍彼方言出經逐時。便題名目致有吳品。蜀普耀焉重疊再翻因斯而始派流。失譯良在於茲。既魏蜀吳三國鼎跱。其蜀獨無代錄者。何豈非佛日麗天而無緣者。莫覩法雷震地比屋者弗聞哉。且舊錄雖注蜀普曜首楞嚴等經。而復闕於譯人年世。設欲紀述罔知所依。推入失翻。故無別錄。孫權字仲謀。吳郡富春人。世仕於吳。其家東塚上數有神光雲氣。又權之初在孕。其母夢腸引出繞吳昌門。眾咸稱為孫氏興矣。及至權生眼有異光方頤大口。其父奇之。權霸王也。跨躡閩越都邑斗牛。封授諸侯建立年號。朝宗海嶽南面君臨稱吳。徙治秣陵改為建業。魏承漢後二年權立。四主五十九年。皓立二年魏禪晉。晉立十五年平吳。若以年分則皓十四年應入晉世。今通收取結為吳錄。自文帝黃初元年庚子。至元帝咸熙元年甲申。其間五主四十五年。道俗十人。所出經律羯磨并舊失譯。合三百一十二部。四百八十三卷。總集以為魏吳二代九主兩都世錄云爾。

The Catalogue of Wei and Wu covers the two capitals of Luoyang and Jianye. Cao Pi, whose courtesy name was Zihuan, was a native of Qiao in Pei Commandery, and the heir of Cao Cao, Prime Minister of the Han. On the day of his birth, there was a blue cloud shaped like a chariot canopy that lingered above him, retaining its azure color throughout the day. Physiognomists declared it an omen of supreme nobility, not the likeness of a subject. At eight years of age, he was skilled in literary composition. He succeeded to the position of Prime Minister, became King of Wei, accepted the abdication of the Later Han, changed the state name to Wei, and established his capital at Luoyang. The span of the Fiery Han reached its end, and of the Five Sacred Peaks, its sacrifices were split between two. When the Wei received the abdication in the Huangchu era, the Nine Prefectures were subsequently divided into three. The Sun clan dominated Wu, relying on the Yangtze River to scheme for the empire. The Liu clan ruled Shu as kings, depending on Jiange in their ambition to pacify the Central Plains. With the claws and teeth of crouching tigers and the prowess of reclining dragons, each occupied a realm, intent on swallowing the other. Vying to guard their borders and fortify their passes and watch-posts, they widely recruited heroes to serve as their limbs and backbone, and generously honored men of talent to treat them as national treasures. Skillful masters and marvelous Dharmas likewise arrived together at this time: Kang Senghui went to Wu, and relics manifested their divine radiance to the east of the Yangtze; Dharmakāla traveled to Wei, and the prohibitive precepts were promulgated throughout Luoyang. From this point the monastic regulations flourished widely; and Jianchu Monastery was erected specifically [for Senghui]. Translators followed the times, accommodating regional dialects to produce sūtras according to the occasion, entitling them on the spot—giving rise to the *Wu Chapter* and the *Shu Lalitavistara*. Redundant retranslations thus began, and divergent streams and lost translations genuinely originated here. Now that the three states of Wei, Shu, and Wu stood like the three legs of a tripod, why is it that Shu alone lacks an imperial catalogue? Could it not be that when the sun of the Buddha shines brilliantly in the sky, those without affinity cannot see it; and when the thunder of the Dharma shakes the earth, those under contiguous eaves fail to hear it? Moreover, although old catalogues note sūtras such as the *Shu Lalitavistara* and *Śūraṅgama*, they lack the translators' names and eras; should one wish to record them, there is nothing to rely upon. Being relegated to lost translations, Shu therefore has no separate catalogue. Sun Quan, whose courtesy name was Zhongmou, was a native of Fuchun in Wu Commandery, whose family had served in Wu for generations. Divine light and cloudy vapors frequently appeared over his ancestral tomb to the east. Furthermore, when Quan was conceived, his mother dreamed that her intestines were drawn forth to encircle the Changmen Gate of Wu; all said that the Sun clan would rise. When Quan was born, his eyes held an unusual light, and he had a square jaw and a broad mouth; his father was amazed by him. Quan became a hegemon king: striding across Min and Yue, taking his capital under the Dipper and Ox constellations, enfeoffing vassals, establishing reign titles, receiving the homage of the seas and mountains, and facing south to rule as king, styling [his state] Wu. He relocated his seat of government to Moling, renaming it Jianye. Two years after Wei succeeded the Han, Quan established himself. There were four rulers spanning fifty-nine years. Two years after Sun Hao ascended the throne, Wei abdicated to Jin; fifteen years after Jin was established, it subdued Wu. If reckoned by years, Sun Hao's fourteen years should belong to the Jin dynasty; but now they are collected together and concluded as the Wu Catalogue. From the first year of Emperor Wen's Huangchu era (gengzi) to the first year of Emperor Yuan's Xianxi era (jiashen), during these forty-five years under five rulers, there were ten monastics and laymen; the sūtras, vinayas, and karmavācanās they produced, together with formerly lost translations, total three hundred twelve works in four hundred eighty-three fascicles. These are collectively compiled as the dynastic records of the nine rulers and two capitals across the two eras of Wei and Wu.