佛祖統紀 53.79

53.79

Under Emperor Ming of Han, Mātanga and Dharmaratna arrived and first translated the *Sūtra of Forty-two Chapters*. Dharmaratna also translated five works including the *Buddhacarita*. Under Emperor Huan, Lokakṣema translated twenty-one works including the *Pratyutpanna Samādhi Sūtra*. Under Emperor Ling, Zhu Foshuo translated the *Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra*. By the end of the Han dynasty, more than three hundred works of scripture had been translated. The faithful layman Yan Fodiao translated an old *Vimalakīrti Sūtra*.