釋氏稽古略 3.69

3.69

南山教　始自優婆離尊者。於世尊滅後。集四部眾結集毘尼藏。優婆離口誦聖言十番。眾證無差。然後宣布。三國魏邵陵厲公嘉平二年。西竺沙門曇柯羅至洛陽。始出僧祇戒本。東晉安帝義熙三年。天竺沙門佛陀耶舍尊者以十誦律來。自是中夏律儀始備。拓跋魏聰律師等世稟傳之。至是宣律師持守奉謹。諸天送食護衛。弘其儀度律藏。遂赫奕天下。謂之行事防非止惡宗。

The Nanshan teaching began with the Venerable Upāli. After the World-Honoured One passed into extinction, he assembled the fourfold assembly and compiled the Vinaya Piṭaka. Upāli recited the holy words ten times from memory, and the assembly confirmed there were no errors; only then was it proclaimed. In the second year of Jiaping of Prince Li of Shaoling of the Wei of the Three Kingdoms, the Western Indian śramaṇa Dharmakāla arrived in Luoyang and first produced the *Mahāsāṃghika Prātimokṣa*. In the third year of Yixi of Emperor An of the Eastern Jin, the Venerable Indian śramaṇa Buddhayaśas came with the *Daśabhāṇavāra-vinaya*. From this point on, the vinaya observances of China were first complete. Vinaya Master Cong of the Tuoba Wei and others transmitted it generation after generation. When it came to Vinaya Master Xuan, he maintained and upheld it with meticulous care; the devas sent him food and guarded him. He propagated its ceremonial models and the Vinaya Piṭaka, so that it shone brightly throughout the empire; it was called the school of implementing actions to prevent wrongs and halt evil.