[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) › 8.71 # 歷代三寶紀 8.71 歷代三寶紀 8.71 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.8.71) 右一十三部合八十六卷。晉孝武帝世。涼州沙門竺佛念。識朗通敏少好遊方。家世西河。洞華戎語。前秦符氏建元年初來入長安。時祕書郎趙正請僧伽跋澄及曇摩難提等。出眾經論。當世名僧莫能傳譯。眾咸推念。二合文顯念之譯功。自漢世來安高支謙之後莫踰於念。故符姚二代為譯人之宗。關內名僧咸共嘉尚。其後自出所件如前。高僧傳中唯載五部。其外八部彰別雜錄。故備列之。 > The above thirteen works, totaling eighty-six fascicles. During the reign of Emperor Xiaowu of Jin, the śramaṇa Zhu Fo Nian of Liangzhou had a lucid and perceptive intellect and in his youth loved traveling abroad. His family had lived in Xihe for generations, and he was thoroughly versed in both Chinese and foreign languages. In the early Jianyuan era of Fu Jian of the Former Qin, he came to Chang'an. At that time, Zhao Zheng, Gentleman of the Palace Secretariat, invited Saṅghabhadra, Dharmanandin, and others to produce numerous sūtras and treatises. None of the renowned monks of the era could translate them, so everyone recommended Fo Nian. Combining both languages to make the text clear showed Fo Nian's translating merit. Since the Han era, after Dao'an, Shigao, and Zhi Qian, none surpassed Fo Nian. Therefore, through both the Fu and Yao eras, he was the model of translators. Renowned monks of the Guanzhong region all praised him together. Afterward, he himself produced the works listed above. The Gaoseng zhuan records only five works; the other eight works are attested in various catalogs, and thus are listed in full here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.8.70) - [Next: 8.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.8.72) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034~en-mt.8.71) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.8.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.8.71) · Pramāṇa