高僧傳 1.36

1.36

安公云：「護公所出，若審得此公手目，綱領必正。凡所譯經，雖不辯妙婉顯，而宏達欣暢，特善無生。依慧不文，朴則近本。」其見稱若此。護世居燉煌，而化道周給，時人咸謂「燉煌菩薩」也。

Master Dao'an said: 'As for the texts Dharmarakṣa produced, if one truly obtains those from his own hand and eye, their main threads are sure to be correct. Although the sūtras he translated were not eloquent, subtle, gentle, or polished, they were broad, penetrating, joyous, and fluent, and particularly adept in the unarisen. Relying on wisdom rather than literary ornament, in their plainness they are close to the original.' Such was the praise he received. Dharmarakṣa's family had dwelt in Dunhuang for generations, and his transforming guidance was all-pervasive; the people of the time all called him the 'Dunhuang Bodhisattva.'