[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) › 7.12 # 高僧傳 7.12 高僧傳 7.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.12) 陳郡謝靈運篤好佛理，殊俗之音多所達解。迺諮叡以經中諸字，并眾音異旨，於是著《十四音訓敘》，條列梵漢，昭然可了，使文字有據焉。叡以宋元嘉中卒，春秋八十有五矣。 > Xie Lingyun of Chen commandery was deeply fond of Buddhist principles and had a broad understanding of the sounds of foreign customs. He then consulted Rui regarding various characters in the scriptures, as well as the diverse pronunciations and differing meanings. Thereupon \[Rui\] composed the Shisi yin xunxu (Preface to the Fourteen Sounds and Glosses), listing Sanskrit and Chinese in parallel so that they were clearly intelligible, providing a basis for the written characters. Rui died during the Yuanjia era of the Song at the age of eighty-five. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.11) - [Next: 7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.13) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.7.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.12) · Pramāṇa