[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) › 41.19 # 佛祖統紀 41.19 佛祖統紀 41.19 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [41.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.41.19) 二年。吐蕃遣使乞朝廷賜沙門善講佛理者。帝令良琇文素往赴說法教化。歲一更之○四明無生居士胡幽貞。修華嚴感應傳一卷。備載歷代弘經之迹。言龍樹龍宮所傳下本十萬偈。今東土譯成八十卷者。唯四萬五千偈。其餘尚祕天竺。故今發願哀請下本經偈具足流傳此土○信州南嚴草衣禪師宴坐三十年。足不蹈地口不甞味。萬有囂然（虛憍反諠）此身不動。侍郎權德輿為之記曰。古所謂遺物離人而獨立者。又焉知此地之宴坐。不為他方之說法者乎。 > In the second year, Tibet sent an envoy requesting that the imperial court bestow śramaṇas skilled in explaining Buddhist principles; the Emperor ordered Liangxiu and Wensu to go forth to preach the Dharma and transform the people, alternating once every year. Layman Hu Youzhen, known as Wusheng of Siming, compiled the Record of Responses to the Avataṃsaka in one volume, recording in full the traces of those who propagated the sūtra through successive generations. It stated that of the shorter version of one hundred thousand verses transmitted by Nāgārjuna from the dragon palace, the version translated into eighty fascicles in this Eastern Land contains only forty-five thousand verses, with the remainder still kept secret in Tianzhu; therefore he now made a vow, entreating that the verses of the shorter version of the sūtra circulate in full in this land. Chan Master Caoyi of Nan'yan in Xinzhou sat in meditation for thirty years, his feet never stepping on the ground and his mouth never tasting flavors. While the myriad things bustled noisily, this body remained motionless. Vice Minister Quan Deyu wrote an account of him, stating: 'Of those who in ancient times were said to abandon worldly things, detach from people, and stand alone—who knows whether his sitting in meditation in this place is not also preaching the Dharma in other worlds?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 41.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.41.18) - [Next: 41.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.41.20) - [Up: 41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.41) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.41.19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.41.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.41.19) · Pramāṇa