[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) › 4.12 # 高僧傳 4.12 高僧傳 4.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.4.12) 法雅，河間人，凝正有器度，少善外學，長通佛義，衣冠士子，咸附諮稟。時依門徒，並世典有功，未善佛理，雅乃與康法朗等，以經中事數，擬配外書，為生解之例，謂之格義。乃毘浮、相曇等。亦辯格義，以訓門徒。 > Faya was a native of Hejian. Poised, upright, and possessed of great capacity, in his youth he excelled in non-Buddhist learning, and as he matured he became thoroughly versed in Buddhist doctrine; scholars and officials of the gentry all attached themselves to him to seek instruction. At that time, the disciples who relied on him were all proficient in worldly texts, but not yet adept in Buddhist principles. Thereupon Faya, together with Kang Falang and others, took the numerical lists of categories in the sūtras and matched them with non-Buddhist books to establish precedents for generating understanding, calling this "matching the meaning" (geyi). Later, Pifu, Xiangtan, and others also debated and employed matching the meaning to instruct their disciples. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.4.11) - [Next: 4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.4.13) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.4.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.4.12) · Pramāṇa