[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) › 6.63 # 高僧傳 6.63 高僧傳 6.63 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.63) 釋道融，汲郡林慮人，十二出家。厥師愛其神彩，先令外學，往村借《論語》。竟不齎歸，於彼已誦。師更借本覆之，不遺一字，既嗟而異之，於是恣其遊學。迄至立年，才解英絕，內外經書，闇遊心府。聞羅什在關，故往諮稟。什見而奇之，謂姚興曰：「昨見融公，復是奇特聰明釋子。」興引見歎重，勅入逍遙園，參正詳譯。因請什出《菩薩戒本》，今行於世。後譯《中論》，始得兩卷，融便就講，剖折文言，預貫終始。什又命融令講《新法華》。什自聽之，乃歎曰：「佛法之興，融其人也。」 > Shi Daorong was a native of Linlü in Jijun. He left household life at the age of twelve. His master loved his fine spirit and first had him study non-Buddhist texts, sending him to the village to borrow the Analects. Without even bringing the volume back, he had already memorized it there. His master borrowed the text again to check it against him, and not a single character was missing. Already amazed, he marvelled at him and thereafter gave him free rein to travel and study. By the time he reached thirty, his talent and understanding were exceedingly brilliant, and the non-Buddhist and Buddhist scriptures were completely mastered in his mind. Hearing that Kumārajīva was in Guanzhong, he went there to seek instruction. Kumārajīva was astonished upon seeing him and said to Yao Xing, "Yesterday I met Master Rong; he is indeed a remarkably clever disciple of Śākya." Yao Xing granted him an audience, deeply admired him, and ordered him into the Xiaoyao Garden to assist in checking and translating. Daorong then requested Kumārajīva to produce the Bodhisattva-prātimokṣa, which circulates in the world today. Later, when the Madhyamaka-śāstra was being translated and only two fascicles had been completed, Daorong immediately began lecturing on it, dissecting its literary expressions and grasping its beginning and end in advance. Kumārajīva also instructed Daorong to lecture on the new Saddharmapuṇḍarīka. Kumārajīva listened to it himself and exclaimed with praise, "For the revitalization of the Buddhadharma, Rong is the man!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.62) - [Next: 6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.64) - [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.6.63) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.63) · Pramāṇa