[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) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 21.16 # 佛祖統紀 21.16 佛祖統紀 21.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [21.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.21.16) 論曰。草菴初學於明智。一旦讀指要有省發。而又自謂文粲後身。故以瓣香奉四明。然四明者羅睺羅也。未聞稟佛為嗣。若草菴之所承。則將兄廣智而孫明智矣。豈北面師事之。而反孫之可乎。西土二十四祖。金口所宣悉有先後。若謂北齊遠稟龍樹。此則立觀之始。非草菴所當上效故鏡菴論之曰。一家教觀必資傳授。豈可紊亂使失其緒。況當時已有高攀九祖遠嗣四明之誚。舊圖系於明智。終非草菴之本心。新圖系之四明。未免有違於公論。今故置之雜傳。亦足以為失緒者之戒云。 > The appraisal states: Cao'an initially studied under Mingzhi; one day, reading the Essentials, he had an awakening, and moreover regarded himself as the later rebirth of Wencan, which is why he offered a stick of incense to Siming. However, Siming was \[comparable to\] Rāhula; one has never heard of receiving the Buddha himself as one's predecessor \[bypassing the intermediate lineage\]. If one considers what Cao'an transmitted, he would become an elder brother to Guangzhi and a grandson to Mingzhi. How could one face north and serve a person as teacher, yet conversely treat him as a grandson? The twenty-four patriarchs of the Western Land declared by the Golden Mouth all have an orderly sequence. If one says that \[Huisi of\] Beiqi remotely received from Nāgārjuna, that was the inception of establishing contemplation, not something that Cao'an ought to have emulated. Therefore Jing'an remarked upon it, saying: 'The teachings and contemplation of our single school must rely upon transmission; how could one disrupt and cause them to lose their proper order? What is more, at that time there was already the mockery of "reaching high to the nine patriarchs and remotely succeeding Siming." In the old chart he was attached to Mingzhi, which ultimately was not Cao'an's original intention; in the new chart he is attached to Siming, which inevitably runs contrary to public consensus. Now we therefore place him among the Miscellaneous Biographies, which may also serve as a warning to those who lose their lineage order.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 21.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.21.15) - [Next: 21.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.21.17) - [Up: 21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.21) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.21.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.21.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.21.16) · Pramāṇa