[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) › [高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059) › 2.15 # 高僧傳 2.15 高僧傳 2.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2.15) 自大法東被，始于漢明，涉歷魏晉，經論漸多，而支、竺所出，多滯文格義。興少達崇三寶，銳志講集。什既至止，仍請入西明閣及逍遙園譯出眾經。什既率多諳誦，無不究盡，轉能漢言，音譯流便。既覽舊經，義多紕僻，皆由先度失旨，不與梵本相應。於是興使沙門僧\[(丰\*力)/石\]、僧遷、法欽、道流、道恒、道標、僧叡、僧肇等八百餘人，諮受什旨，更令出《大品》。什持梵本，興執舊經，以相讎校，其新文異舊者，義皆圓通，眾心悏伏，莫不欣讚。興以佛道冲邃，其行唯善，信為出苦之良津，御世之洪則。故託意九經，遊心十二，乃著《通三世論》以勗示因果，王公已下，並欽贊厥風。大將軍常山公顯，左軍將軍安城矦嵩，並篤信緣業，屢請什於長安大寺講說新經，續出《小品》、《金剛波若》、《十住》、《法華》、《維摩》、《思益》、《首楞嚴》、《持世》、《佛藏》、《菩薩藏》、《遺教》、《菩提無行》、《呵欲》、《自在王》、《因緣觀》、《小無量壽》、《新賢劫》、《禪經》、《禪法要》、《禪要解》、《彌勒成佛》、《彌勒下生》、《十誦律》、《十誦戒本》、《菩薩戒本》、《釋論》、《成實》、《十住》、《中》、《百》、《十二門論》，凡三百餘卷。並暢顯神源，揮發幽致。于時，四方義士，萬里必集，盛業久大，于今咸仰。 > Ever since the Great Dharma spread eastward, beginning under Emperor Ming of the Han and continuing through the Wei and Jin dynasties, sūtras and treatises gradually increased in number. However, the translations produced by the Zhus and Zhis mostly clung to the words and relied on matched concepts (geyi). Yao Xing had been perceptive from his youth and venerated the Three Jewels, directing his keen resolve toward lectures and assemblies. Once Kumārajīva arrived, he invited him into the Ximing Pavilion and the Xiaoyao Garden to translate various scriptures. As Kumārajīva was mostly able to recite them from memory and had thoroughly investigated them all, and was also fluent in the Chinese language, his translations were flowing and natural. When he inspected the older scriptures, their meanings were often flawed and distorted, entirely because earlier translators had lost the original import and their renderings did not correspond to the Sanskrit originals. Thereupon, Yao Xing ordered more than eight hundred śramaṇas—including Senglüe, Sengqian, Faqin, Daoliu, Daoheng, Daobiao, Sengrui, and Sengzhao—to consult and receive Kumārajīva's teachings, and instructed him to re-translate the Larger Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra. Kumārajīva held the Sanskrit original while Yao Xing held the older translation to cross-examine and collate them; wherever the new phrasing differed from the old, the meaning was completely lucid and comprehensive, so that the hearts of the assembly submitted in conviction and all rejoiced in praise. Yao Xing considered the Buddha's Path to be profound and deep, its practice solely consisting in goodness, and believed it to be a fine ford for escaping suffering and a great standard for governing the world. Therefore, while fixing his intent on the Nine Classics, he let his mind roam through the Twelve Divisions of the Canon, composing the Treatise on Comprehending the Three Periods to encourage and demonstrate cause and effect; from the princes and dukes on down, all admired and praised his standard. General-in-Chief Xian, the Duke of Changshan, and General of the Left Army Song, the Marquis of Ancheng, were both deeply devoted to causes and karmic fruition, and repeatedly invited Kumārajīva to the Great Temple of Chang'an to lecture on the new scriptures. In succession, he translated the Smaller Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra, the Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā, the Daśabhūmika, the Lotus Sūtra, the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa, the Viśeṣacintibrahmaparipṛcchā, the Śūraṅgamasamādhi, the Lokadhara, the Buddhapiṭaka, the Bodhisattvapiṭaka, the Sūtra of the Buddha's Bequeathed Teaching, the Bodhy-apravṛtti, the Censure of Desires, the Sarvapunyasamuccayasamādhi, the Guan Yinyuan, the Smaller Sukhāvatīvyūha, the New Bhadrakalpika, the Dhyāna Sūtra, the Essentials of Dhyāna Methods, the Explanations of the Essentials of Dhyāna, the Maitreyavyākaraṇa, the Descent of Maitreya, the Daśabhāṇavāra-vinaya, the Daśabhāṇavāra-prātimokṣa, the Bodhisattva-prātimokṣa, the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa, the Tattvasiddhi, the Daśabhūmika-vibhāṣā, the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, the Śataśāstra, and the Dvādaśanikāya-śāstra—totaling over three hundred fascicles. In all of them he gave free expression to the divine source and brought to light their hidden depths. At that time, men devoted to doctrinal principles from the four quarters inevitably gathered from ten thousand li away; his flourishing enterprise was enduring and vast, and is looked up to even now. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2.14) - [Next: 2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2.16) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.2.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2.15) · Pramāṇa