[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) › 8.11 # 佛祖統紀 8.11 佛祖統紀 8.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.8.11) 昔吳越王。請諡諸祖。而龍樹北齊南岳三師未及諡。今并取邃法師下無師號者。即本紀之文。摭其行實以為尊稱。是蓋尊祖之大義也。他日有能考論懿德上之清朝賜以徽諡者。幸當用此定名。庶乎不失其實也。或疑今私諡者。漢朱穆門人與蔡邕諡文忠先生。晉陶潛門人諡靖節先生（見漢書宋史）唐蕭頴士門人諡文元先生（趙璘因話錄）元延祖諡太先生（元結之父）此皆門人私諡無咎。 > In the past, the King of Wu-Yue requested posthumous titles for the various patriarchs, but the three masters—Nāgārjuna, Master of Beiqi, and Master of Nanyue—were not reached for titles. Now, taking those below Dharma Master Sui who do not have master titles, I extract their actual deeds directly from the texts of the Basic Annals to serve as honourable titles. This indeed embodies the great principle of honouring the patriarchs. If in future days someone is able to examine their virtuous deeds and submit them to the pure court to be granted illustrious posthumous titles, they should fortunately employ these established names, and they will likely not deviate from the reality. If anyone doubts private posthumous conferrals of this sort: in the Han, Zhu Mu's disciples together with Cai Yong conferred the title 'Master Wenzhong'; in the Jin, Tao Qian's disciples conferred the title 'Master Jingjie' (seen in the Book of Han and History of the Song); in the Tang, Xiao Yingshi's disciples conferred the title 'Master Wenyuan' (Zhao Lin's Yinhualu); and Yuan Yanzu was posthumously titled 'Great Master' (he was the father of Yuan Jie). These were all private titles conferred by disciples, without fault. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.8.10) - [Next: 8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.8.12) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.8.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.8.11) · Pramāṇa