[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) › 43.53 # 佛祖統紀 43.53 佛祖統紀 43.53 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [43.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.43.53) 述曰。洪覺範謂宣律師作僧史。文辭非所長。作禪者傳。如戶昏案檢。寧僧統雖博學。然其識暗聚眾碣為傳。非一體。覺範之論何其至耶。昔魯直見僧傳文鄙義淺欲刪修之。而不果。惜哉。如有用我者。吾其能成魯直志乎。 > The author remarks: Hong Juefan said that when Vinaya Master Daoxuan wrote monastic history, literary composition was not his forte; when he wrote biographies of Chan masters, it was like inspecting household registers in the dark. Although Monastic Director Ning was widely learned, his discernment was obscure, gathering various stele inscriptions into biographies without a unified style. How perceptive was Juefan's critique! In the past, Shangu saw that the text of the monastic biographies was vulgar and its principles shallow, and wished to redact and revise it, but did not succeed. How regrettable! If there were someone to employ me, could I not fulfill Shangu's aspiration? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 43.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.43.52) - [Next: 43.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.43.54) - [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.43.53) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.43.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.43.53) · Pramāṇa