[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) › [釋氏稽古略](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037) › 1.5 # 釋氏稽古略 1.5 釋氏稽古略 1.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.1.5) 余甞略涉三教之書。道雖不同而理則一。松江南禪寶洲岸公。博通古今考傳記。以釋氏出處之迹。褒集成書。凡四帙。名曰稽古略。夫稽古二字始於唐虞。其來尚矣。予恭守是邦。得觀寶洲以古史之說而名其書。備述佛祖西來之意。浩浩瀚瀚端有源委。嗚呼自非慧性通徹深蘊佛之奧者。孰能若是哉。後之學者。苟能以寶洲之心為心。何患不到見性成佛之境耶。噫。 > I have occasionally dipped into the books of the three teachings. Though their paths differ, their principle is one. The venerable Baozhou \[Jue\]'an of the Southern Chan \[Monastery\] in Songjiang, broadly versed in past and present, examined biographies and collected the historical traces and lives of the Śākya lineage, compiling them into a book of four fascicles entitled the Brief Historical Survey of Examining Antiquity (Jigu lüe). Now, the two words 'examining antiquity' (jigu) originated in the times of Tang and Yu; its provenance is ancient indeed. While respectfully serving in this prefecture, I was able to observe how Baozhou named his book based on ancient historical discourse, fully narrating the intention of the Buddhas and Patriarchs coming from the West. Vast and boundless, it clearly has its origins and developments. Alas! Were it not for one whose wise nature is thoroughly penetrating and who has deeply harboured the profound mysteries of the Buddha, who could achieve such a work? If later scholars can take Baozhou's mind as their own mind, what worry is there that they will not reach the realm of seeing one's nature and attaining Buddhahood? Ah! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.1.4) - [Next: 1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.1.6) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037~en-mt.1.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.1.5) · Pramāṇa