[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) › 6.26 # 高僧傳 6.26 高僧傳 6.26 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.26) 遠答書云：「欲令作〈大智論序〉，以申作者之意。貧道聞：懷大非小褚所容，汲深非短綆所測。披省之日，有愧高命，又體羸多疾，觸事有廢，不復屬意已來，其日亦久，緣來告之重，輒粗綴所懷。至於研究之美，當復期諸明德。」其名高遠固如此。 > Huiyuan replied in a letter, saying: "You wish for me to compose a preface to the \*Dàzhì lùn\* to express the author's intention. This poor monk has heard: what is vast cannot be contained in a small pouch; what is deep cannot be measured by a short rope. As I unroll and examine it, I feel ashamed before your exalted command. Furthermore, my body is frail and plagued by many ailments; I am hindered in all affairs and have not applied my mind to such things for a long time. Yet because your communication is so momentous, I have made bold to sketch roughly what I hold in mind. As for the beauty of profound study, we must look to the illustrious and virtuous." Such was the height and reach of his renown. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.25) - [Next: 6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.27) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.6.26) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.26) · Pramāṇa