釋迦氏譜 1.85

1.85

五以榮勝徵之。天下大寶。君人之尊者。輪王是也。含靈大聖。四生之導者法王是也。洲中央座此二王昇。居中制遠理義然也。自餘小聖小王隨機匡牧。任土作化未論偏正。何以然者。土地山川並是人之依報。人之勝劣報必精麁。今中天竺國處既高花。明知二王福報之所感也。此土聖帝亦有所尊。五帝三王不及雞田之地。秦漢以後方聞西域之方。遂使甘英博望。相從雪嶺。霍公定遠前後登踐。多歷葱河之北。少出香雪之南。所以鐵門西屏。實惟大宛月支。本是獫玁之鄉無文之國也。何得濫稱中土有教之方乎（是以河西四郡休屠所居。漢武所開方為今有）。

Fifth, verifying it by glory and pre-eminence: The great treasure of the world, the most venerable ruler of humans, is the cakravartin king. The Great Sage of sentient beings, the guide of the four modes of birth, is the Dharmarāja. These two kings ascend the seat at the center of the continent; residing in the center to govern the distant is how it must be in principle and truth. As for other lesser sages and lesser kings, they rectify and shepherd beings according to their capacities, exercising transformation according to their lands, without discussing whether they are off-center or central. Why is this? Because lands, mountains, and rivers are all the circumstantial recompense of human beings; depending on whether people are superior or inferior, their recompense must be refined or coarse. Now, Central India's location is lofty and flourishing, which clearly reveals that it is what the karmic recompense of the two kings has called forth. The sage emperors of this land also had their veneration, yet the Five Emperors and Three Kings did not reach the land of the Cock Fields (India). Only after the Qin and Han did people hear of the regions of the Western Territories. This led Gan Ying and Zhang Qian (Bowang) to follow each other across the Snow Peaks, and Marquis Huo and Ban Chao (Dingyuan) successively trod there; mostly traversing north of the Congling and River, rarely emerging south of the Fragrant Snows. Therefore, the western barrier of the Iron Gate was truly Dahae (Daxia) and the Yuezhi, which were originally lands of the Xianyun and states without literature. How could they improperly claim to be the central land and a region with culture? (Therefore, the four commanderies west of the Yellow River were inhabited by the Xiutu, and only when Emperor Wu of Han opened them did they come into our possession today.)