高僧傳 3.22

3.22

雲在外域遍學梵書。天竺諸國音字詁訓，悉皆備解。後還長安，隨禪師佛馱跋陀業禪進道。俄而，禪師橫為秦僧所擯，徒眾悉同其咎，雲亦奔散。會廬山釋慧遠解其擯事，共歸京師，安止道場寺，眾僧以雲志力堅猛，弘道絕域，莫不披衿諮問，敬而愛焉。雲譯出《新無量壽》，晚出諸經，多雲所治定。華戎兼通，音訓允正，雲之所定，眾咸信服。初，關中沙門竺佛念善於宣譯，於符姚二代，顯出眾經。江左譯梵，莫踰於雲，故於晉宋之際，弘通法藏，沙門慧觀等，咸友而善之。

While in foreign lands, Baoyun thoroughly studied Indic writing. He comprehensively understood the phonetics, scripts, glosses, and meanings of the various countries of Tianzhu. Later, returning to Chang'an, he followed the dhyāna master Buddhabhadra in practicing dhyāna and progressing in the Way. Shortly thereafter, the dhyāna master was unjustly expelled by the monks of Qin, and his disciples all shared in the blame; Baoyun also fled and scattered. It happened that Shi Huiyuan of Mount Lu mediated the expulsion affair, and they returned together to the capital, settling at Daochang Temple. Because Baoyun's resolve and strength were steadfast and vigorous, and he had propagated the Way in remote realms, none among the saṃgha failed to open their hearts to consult him, honoring and loving him. Baoyun translated the *New Sūtra of Immeasurable Life* (*Xin Wuliangshou jing*); many of the sūtras translated in later years were revised and finalized by Baoyun. Fluent in both Chinese and foreign languages, his phonetics and semantic glosses were precise and correct, and all trusted and accepted what Baoyun established. Formerly, the śramaṇa Zhu Fonian of Guanzhong was skilled in reciting and translating, brilliantly producing numerous sūtras during the two dynasties of Fu [Jian] and Yao [Xing]. In translating from Indic languages east of the Yangzi, none surpassed Baoyun; thus, when propagating the treasury of the Dharma during the Jin and Song periods, the śramaṇa Huiguan and others all befriended and praised him.