佛祖統紀 2.33

2.33

二十七年（乙卯）先是太子生時。足行七步口稱獨尊。言已便默。如諸嬰孩不行不語。諸母養育漸至長大（智論）二十八年（丙辰）二十九年（丁巳）三十年（戊午）三十一年（己未）王為太子。辨象馬牛羊諸車童子玩具。舉國人民皆行仁惠。五穀豐熟風雲以時。皆是太子福德之力。又以青衣所生車匿等五百蒼頭給侍太子（因果經）三十二年（庚申）太子年七歲。王令學書訪國中聰明婆羅門名曰選友。起大學堂床榻學具。太子問師。書有幾種。師默不答。內懷慚愧禮太子足。惟願為說閻浮提書。凡有幾種。太子答言。或有梵書（婆羅門書）或佉婁書（驢脣仙人）有如是等六十四書（按佛本行經。太子八歲。學書。師毘奢多羅。六十四書。中有提婆書。天也。那伽書。龍也。支那國書。大唐也。此下具有天地八部四洲鳥獸等音聲諸書）諾。白王言。太子是天人中師。云何欲令我教。王聞歡喜。凡技藝典籍天文地理算數射御。皆悉自然知之（因果經）時王復令釋種忍天教太子兵戎法式。為造一苑。名曰勒劬。太子與五百釋子入苑遊戲。學一切典籍。四年之中。及諸釋種。皆悉通達（佛本行經）。

Twenty-seventh year (yimao): Previously, when the Prince was born, his feet walked seven steps and his mouth declared, 'I alone am supreme.' After speaking, he fell silent, neither walking nor speaking just like other infants. His foster mothers nursed and reared him, and he gradually grew up (Treatise on the Great Perfection of Wisdom). Twenty-eighth year (bingchen). Twenty-ninth year (dingsi). Thirtieth year (wuwu). Thirty-first year (jiwei): For the Prince, the King prepared carts of elephants, horses, oxen, and sheep, and children's toys. The people throughout the realm all practiced benevolence and kindness; the five grains were bountiful and mature, and the winds and clouds came in season—all through the power of the Prince's merit. Furthermore, five hundred servants, such as Chandaka who was born of a maidservant, were assigned to attend the Prince (Sūtra on Cause and Effect). Thirty-second year (gengshen): When the Prince was seven years old, the King ordered him to learn writing, seeking out an intelligent brāhmaṇa in the realm named Selection of Friends (Viśvāmitra). A great academy was erected with couches and learning utensils. The Prince asked the teacher: 'How many kinds of writing are there?' The teacher was silent and did not reply; feeling ashamed within, he prostrated at the Prince's feet and said: 'I only pray that you will explain how many kinds of writing there are in Jambudvīpa.' The Prince answered: 'There are Brāhmī writing (the writing of the brāhmaṇas), Kharoṣṭhī writing (the immortal with donkey lips), and other such kinds, sixty-four writings in all.' (According to the Sūtra of the Buddha's Former Deeds, the Prince studied writing at eight years of age under the master Viśvāmitra. Among the sixty-four scripts are Deva writing, meaning gods; Nāga writing, meaning dragons; and Chinese writing, meaning the Great Tang. Below this it fully lists the writings of the sounds of the devas, earth, eight classes, four continents, birds, and beasts.) [The master] consented and reported to the King: 'The Prince is a teacher of gods and humans; why would you have me instruct him?' The King was delighted to hear this. In all arts, classics, astronomy, geography, mathematics, archery, and charioteering, [the Prince] knew them naturally (Sūtra on Cause and Effect). At that time, the King again ordered the Śākya Renti to teach the Prince military laws and tactics, and constructed a park for him named Legu. The Prince entered the park with five hundred Śākya youths to amuse themselves and study all the classics. Within four years, he and the other Śākyas had mastered everything (Sūtra of the Buddha's Former Deeds).