歷代三寶紀 5.26

5.26

右二部合六卷。魏文帝世天竺沙門維祇難。吳言障礙。學通三藏妙善四含。歷國遊方以行化為業。發趾西域同伴竺律炎到自江左。黃武三年於武昌郡譯為吳文。而維祇難既未善方音。翻梵之際頗有不盡。志存義本辭句朴質。

The above two works, six fascicles in all: translated into Wu text in Wuchang Commandery in the third year of the Huangwu era by the Indian śramaṇa Vighna (translated in Wu as Zhang'ai [Obstacle]) during the reign of Emperor Wen of Wei. He had mastered the Tripiṭaka and excelled in the four Āgamas. Journeying through various countries, he made teaching and converting his vocation. Departing from the Western Regions, he arrived east of the Yangtze together with his companion Zhu Luyan. Because Vighna was not yet proficient in the local language, during the process of translating from Sanskrit, there were several points that were not fully conveyed; his intent was to preserve the original meaning, so the diction was unadorned.