[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) › 4.40 # 佛祖統紀 4.40 佛祖統紀 4.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.4.40) 序曰。荊溪論結集三藏。則有三處一千結集。正當最初（佛滅後四月十五日）七百結集為滅後百年。跋闍擅行十爭（周厲王三十四年。見通塞志）五百結集為四百年後。因伽昵吒王請僧論道不同（未檢所出）。然法苑珠林。李長者合論。並依處胎經以滅後七日為五百結集。今案本文。迦葉告五百。正是遣使集眾。未為正結集則當以荊溪之論為正。 > Preface: When Jīngxī discussed the compilation of the Three Baskets, there were three councils. The council of one thousand was precisely the very first (on the fifteenth day of the fourth month after the Buddha's passing). The council of seven hundred was one hundred years after his passing, when the Vṛji arbitrarily practiced the ten disputes (the thirty-fourth year of King Li of Zhou; see Treatise on the Prosperity and Decline). The council of five hundred was four hundred years later, on account of King Kaniṣka inviting the saṅgha to debate doctrine, resulting in disagreement (source not yet verified). However, the Fayuan zhulin and Elder Li's Helun both rely on the Garbhastha Sūtra in taking the council of five hundred to be seven days after his passing. Now, examining the root text, Kāśyapa's addressing the five hundred was precisely sending emissaries to assemble the assembly, not yet the formal compilation; therefore, one should take Jīngxī's discussion as correct. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.4.39) - [Next: 4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.4.41) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.4.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.4.40) · Pramāṇa