釋氏稽古略 3.91

3.91

寶積經　南天竺國沙門達磨流支。此云法希。初高宗聞其風。開耀元年因西域使者詔敦請之。至是來長安。太后召見。為改其名菩提流志。此云覺愛。勅於佛授記寺譯經一十九部凡二十八卷。中宗神龍二年。志遂駕還京。勅於西崇福寺譯寶積經。帝親筆受。睿宗景雲元年。帝復於北苑白蓮花亭別開寶積會首。帝亦親躬筆受。王瑨賀知章等潤色。中書陸象先魏知古監護。御筆製序標於經首。玄宗開元元年。志以所譯寶積經并舊譯合成一部百二十卷功畢。志不復譯經。專持誦修習禪觀。開元十五年入滅。壽一百五十六歲。葬之日特給鹵簿羽儀。塔於龍門西原。追贈鴻臚大卿。賜諡曰開元一切遍知三藏。名德之重古未有也。志前後譯經五十三部合一百一十八卷（舊唐史具載之）。

*Ratnakūṭa-sūtra*: The śramaṇa Dharmaruci from South India—translated here as Faxi [Dharma-Desire]. Earlier, Gaozong heard of his renown, and in the first year of Kaiyao sent an envoy to the Western Regions with an edict earnestly inviting him. At this time, he arrived in Chang'an. The Empress Dowager summoned him for an audience, changing his name to Bodhiruci—translated here as Jue'ai [Awakening-Desire]. By imperial decree, he translated nineteen scriptures totaling twenty-eight fascicles at Foshouji Monastery. In the second year of Shenlong under Zhongzong, Ruci followed the imperial carriage back to the capital; an imperial decree ordered him to translate the *Ratnakūṭa-sūtra* at West Chongfu Monastery. The Emperor personally recorded the brush-transcription. In the first year of Jingyun under Ruizong, the Emperor again specially opened the translation assembly of the *Ratnakūṭa* at the White Lotus Pavilion of the Northern Garden, and the Emperor also personally served as the brush-transcriber. Wang Jin, He Zhizhang, and others polished the style. Secretariat Directors Lu Xiangxian and Wei Zhigu supervised the work. An imperial preface was composed by the emperor's own brush and placed at the head of the sūtra. In the first year of Kaiyuan under Xuanzong, Ruci completed the work, combining his own translation of the *Ratnakūṭa* with previous translations into one collection of one hundred and twenty fascicles. Ruci translated no more scriptures, but devoted himself exclusively to recitation and the practice of Chan contemplation. In the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan he entered cessation at the age of one hundred and fifty-six. On the day of his burial, he was specially granted a full imperial guard of honor and regalia. A stūpa was erected on the Western Plain of Longmen. He was posthumously granted the title Grand Court Director of the Court of State Ceremonial (Honglu Daqing) and bestowed the posthumous title 'Kaiyuan Omniscient Tripiṭaka Master'. Such high esteem and honor for virtue was unprecedented in antiquity. Ruci translated fifty-three works totaling one hundred and eighteen fascicles across his career (fully recorded in the *Old Tang History*).