[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) › 43.52 # 佛祖統紀 43.52 佛祖統紀 43.52 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [43.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.43.52) 端拱元年。翰林通慧大師贊寧上表進高僧傳三十卷。璽書褒美（璽音徙天子玉印）令遍入大藏。勅住京師天壽寺。僧傳之作始於梁嘉祥惠皎為高僧傳十四卷。起漢明終梁武天監十八年。唐西明道宣作續高僧傳三十卷起梁天監訖唐正觀十九年。今宋傳起唐正觀至宋端拱元年。依梁唐二傳分十科。一譯經。二解義。三禪定。四戒律。五護法。六感通。七遺身。八讀誦。九興福。十雜學（王禹稱有詩。贈寧僧統云。支公兼有董狐才。史傳修成乙夜開）。 > In the first year of the Duangong era, Master Tonghui of the Hanlin Academy, Zanning, submitted a memorial presenting the Biographies of Eminent Monks in thirty fascicles. An imperial edict praised it (xi has the sound xi, meaning the jade seal of the Son of Heaven) and ordered that it be included throughout the Great Canon. He was imperially appointed to reside at Tianshou Temple in the capital. The compilation of monastic biographies began with Jiaxiang Huijiao of the Liang dynasty, who composed the Biographies of Eminent Monks in fourteen fascicles, starting from Emperor Ming of the Han and ending in the eighteenth year of the Tianjian era of Emperor Wu of the Liang. Daoxuan of Ximing Temple in the Tang composed the Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks in thirty fascicles, starting from the Tianjian era of the Liang and concluding in the nineteenth year of the Zhenguan era of the Tang. Now, this Song compilation begins with the Zhenguan era of the Tang and reaches down to the first year of the Duangong era of the Song. Following the Liang and Tang biographies, it is divided into ten categories: 1. Translating Sūtras, 2. Explaining Meaning, 3. Dhyāna Meditation, 4. Vinaya Disciplines, 5. Protecting the Dharma, 6. Sympathetic Resonance, 7. Sacrificing the Body, 8. Recitation, 9. Promoting Blessings, and 10. Miscellaneous Learning. (Wang Yucheng has a poem presented to Monastic Director Ning, saying: "Master Zhi also possessed the talent of Dong Hu; when the historical biography was completed, the scrolls were unrolled at the second night watch.") > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 43.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.43.51) - [Next: 43.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.43.53) - [Up: 43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.43) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.43.52) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.43.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.43.52) · Pramāṇa