高僧傳 5.17

5.17

安既篤好經典，志在宣法，所請外國沙門僧伽提婆曇摩難提、及僧伽跋澄等，譯出眾經百餘萬言。常與沙門法和詮定音字，詳覈文旨，新出眾經，於是獲正。孫綽為《名德沙門論》自云：「釋道安博物多才，通經名理。」又為之贊曰：「物有廣贍，人固多宰，淵淵釋安，專能兼倍。飛聲汧隴，馳名淮海，形雖草化，猶若常在。」

Dao'an was deeply devoted to the scriptures and dedicated to propagating the Dharma. The foreign śramaṇas he invited—Saṃghadeva, Dharmanandin, and Saṃghabhadra, among others—translated various scriptures amounting to more than one million words. He often established and settled the sounds and characters together with the śramaṇa Fahe, carefully examining the meanings of the texts; thus the newly translated scriptures gained correctness. Sun Chuo, in his *Treatise on Śramaṇas of Renowned Virtue*, wrote of him: "Shi Dao'an was widely learned and highly talented; he thoroughly understood the scriptures and penetrated their essential principles." Sun Chuo also composed a verse of praise for him: / "Things may be vast and abundant, / but individuals to govern them are indeed few. / Profound and fathomless was Shi Dao'an, / uniquely endowed with manifold capacities. / His fame soared over Qian and Long, / his renown raced across the Huai and the sea. / Though his physical form has transformed like withered grass, / it remains as though ever present."