[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) › 9.80 # 歷代三寶紀 9.80 歷代三寶紀 9.80 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.9.80) 右二十四部合一百五十一卷。晉安帝世。中天竺國三藏法師曇摩讖。或云無懺。涼言法豐。齎大涅槃前分十卷并菩薩戒等。到姑臧止於傳舍。慮失經本枕之而寢。夜有人牽讖墮地上。驚覺謂盜。如此三夕。乃聞空中有聲語曰。此是如來解脫之藏。何為枕之。讖乃慚悟。別安高處。果有盜者夜數提舉竟不能勝。明旦讖持不以為重。盜謂聖人悉來拜謝。時沮渠蒙遜僭據涼土稱河西王。聞讖德名呼與相見。一面交言禮遇甚厚。仍請宣譯。涼土英俊沙門慧嵩親承筆受。西州道俗將數百人。欣覩明能縱橫問難。讖釋疑滯清辯若流。仍出寶坊諸經戒等六十餘萬言。涅槃三分之一。前後首尾。來往追尋。涉歷八年凡經三度。譯乃周訖。雖四十卷所闕尚多。冀弘法王咸令滿足。一覩圓教再隆化哉。涼譯經竟。當宋武帝永初二年。 > The twenty-four works above, totaling one hundred fifty-one fascicles. During the reign of Emperor An of the Jin, the Tripiṭaka Dharma Master Dharmakṣema of Central Tianzhu—also called Wuchan, translated into Liang as Fafeng—brought the earlier portion of the Mahāparinirvāṇa\[-sūtra\] in ten fascicles along with the Bodhisattva Precepts and other texts, and arrived at Guzang, lodging at a guest-house. Fearing the loss of the sūtra texts, he slept using them as a pillow. At night, someone pulled Dharmakṣema down to the ground. Startled awake, he thought it was a thief. After three nights like this, he heard a voice in the air saying, 'These are the storehouse of liberation of the Tathāgata; why do you use them as a pillow?' Dharmakṣema was ashamed and awakened to this, and placed them in a high place instead. Indeed, there were thieves who tried several times at night to lift them, but could not budge them at all. The next morning, Dharmakṣema carried them without finding them heavy. Thinking he was a holy man, the thieves all came to bow and apologize. At that time, Juqu Mengxun had usurped control of the Liang territory and claimed the title King of Hexi. Hearing of Dharmakṣema's virtuous reputation, he summoned him to meet. Upon their first conversation, he treated him with great courtesy and subsequently requested him to proclaim and translate \[the texts\]. The outstanding śramaṇa of the Liang territory, Huisong, personally received and transcribed them. Several hundred monastics and laypeople of the western province rejoiced at witnessing his brilliance, posing difficulties in cross-examination from all sides; Dharmakṣema resolved doubts and bottlenecks with clear eloquence flowing like water. He subsequently produced over 600,000 words across the various sūtras and precepts from Baofang \[Monastery\], comprising one-third of the Mahāparinirvāṇa\[-sūtra\]. From start to finish, back and forth, he sought them out; over eight years and through three journeys, the translation was finally brought to completion. Although forty fascicles long, much was still missing; it is hoped that those who propagate the Dharma King's teachings will make it entirely complete. Seeing the perfect teaching once, may the transformation flourish anew! The translation of sūtras in Liang was completed in the second year of Yongchu of Emperor Wu of the Song. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.9.79) - [Next: 9.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.9.81) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034~en-mt.9.80) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.9.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.9.80) · Pramāṇa