[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) › 7.21 # 高僧傳 7.21 高僧傳 7.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.21) 釋慧觀，姓崔，清河人。十歲便以博見馳名，弱年出家，遊方受業，晚適廬山，又諮稟慧遠。聞什公入關，乃自南徂北，訪覈異同，詳辯新舊。風神秀雅，思入玄微。時人稱之曰：「通情則生、融上首，精難則觀、肇第一。」迺著〈法華宗要序〉以簡什，什曰：「善男子所論甚快，君小却當南遊江、漢之間，善以弘通為務。」 > Shi Huiguan, whose secular surname was Cui, was a native of Qinghe. At the age of ten, he was already famed for his broad knowledge. He went forth from home in his youth and travelled about to receive instruction; later he went to Mount Lu, where he also sought instruction from Huiyuan. Hearing that Master \[Kumāra\]jīva had entered the Pass, he went from the south to the north, inquiring into and verifying agreements and differences, and thoroughly distinguishing between the new and old \[translations\]. His spiritual bearing was refined and elegant, and his thoughts penetrated the dark and subtle. Contemporaries praised him, saying: "For penetrating understanding, \[Dao\]sheng and \[Seng\]rong are foremost; for precise disputation, \[Hui\]guan and \[Seng\]zhao are first." He then composed the "Fahua zongyao xu" (Preface to the Essentials of the Lotus Sūtra) to present to \[Kumāra\]jīva. Jīva said: "Good man, what you have argued is most delightful. After a short while, you should travel south between the Changjiang and Han Rivers, and make skillful propagation your endeavor." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.20) - [Next: 7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.22) - [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.7.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.21) · Pramāṇa