[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) › 2.276 # 釋氏稽古略 2.276 釋氏稽古略 2.276 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.276](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.276) 天台九祖。初南嶽慧聞禪師探藏經。得西天龍樹大士所造中觀論悟旨。遂遙禮龍樹為師。開空假中三觀止觀法門。以法華宗旨授慧思大禪師。思授智者大禪師智顗。顗授灌頂章安尊者也。頂授縉雲威。縉雲傳東陽威。東陽傳左溪元朗。朗傳湛然荊溪尊者也。通為九祖。學者宗之。謂之四教法性觀行宗天台教。荊溪尊者入滅於唐德宗興元元年。翰林梁肅題其碑陰。命世亞聖云。 > The Nine Patriarchs of Tiantai: First, Chan Master Huiwen of Southern Peak explored the Tripiṭaka, and upon obtaining the Madhyamaka-śāstra composed by the Great Being Nāgārjuna of the Western Region, he was awakened to its import. Thereupon he bowed from afar to Nāgārjuna as his master, and opened the Dharma gate of calming and contemplation of the threefold contemplation of emptiness, the provisional, and the middle. He transmitted the essential tenets of the Lotus to Great Chan Master Huisi. Huisi transmitted them to Great Chan Master Zhizhe, Zhiyi. Zhiyi transmitted them to the Venerable Guanding of Zhang'an. Guanding transmitted them to Wei of Jinyun. Wei of Jinyun transmitted them to Wei of Dongyang. Dongyang transmitted them to Xuanlang of Zuoxi. Xuanlang transmitted them to the Venerable Zhanran of Jingxi. Together they constitute the Nine Patriarchs. Scholars follow them as their lineage, calling it the Tiantai Teaching of the Four Teachings, Dharma Nature, and Contemplative Practice School. The Venerable of Jingxi passed into extinction in the first year of the Xingyuan era of Emperor Dezong of the Tang. Hanlin Academician Liang Su composed an inscription on the back of his stele, calling him a worldly sage second only to the Great Sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.275](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.275) - [Next: 2.277](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.277) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037~en-mt.2.276) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.276](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.276) · Pramāṇa