佛祖統紀 46.38

46.38

六年九月一日。杭州靈芝元照律師趺坐遷化。諡曰大智。毘尼之學親自佛制。文殊已下不措一辭。如世禮樂征伐自天子出。自大法東度律學未明。至唐正觀南山律師。始作戒疏業疏事鈔。以弘四分。流傳四百載。釋義六十家。唯允堪師會正記。獨為盡理。至照律師始約法華開顯。作資持記以明南山之宗。於是會正資持。疏為二派。

In the sixth year, on the first day of the ninth month, Vinaya Master Yuanzhao of Lingzhi in Hangzhou sat cross-legged and passed away. He was posthumously titled 'Great Wisdom' (Dazhi). The learning of the Vinaya was instituted by the Buddha himself; from Mañjuśrī down, none dared add a single word, just as in the secular realm rites, music, and punitive expeditions issue from the Son of Heaven. From the time the Great Dharma traveled east, the Vinaya was not fully illuminated. Not until Vinaya Master Nanshan of the Zhenguan era under the Tang did someone first compose the *Precept Commentary*, the *Karma Commentary*, and the *Manual of Monastic Practice* to propagate the *Dharmaguptaka-vinaya*. Over four hundred years of transmission, there were sixty commentators; only Master Yankan's *Huizheng ji* thoroughly penetrated the principles. When it came to Master Yuanzhao, he began to draw upon the revelatory teachings of the *Lotus Sūtra* and composed the *Zichi ji* to clarify the tenets of Nanshan. Thereupon, the *Huizheng* and *Zichi* diverged into two schools.