[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) › [續高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060) › 6.29 # 續高僧傳 6.29 續高僧傳 6.29 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.6.29) 釋道辯。姓田氏。范陽人。有別記云。著納擎錫入於母胎。因而生焉。天性踈朗才術高世。雖曰耳聾。及對孝文不爽帝旨。由是榮觀顯美遠近欽茲。剖定邪正開釋封滯。是所長也。初住北臺後隨南遷道光河洛。魏國有經。號大法尊王。八十餘卷。盛行於世辯執讀知偽。集而焚之。將欲廣注眾經用通釋典。筆置廳架鳥遂銜飛。見此異徵便寢斯作。但注維摩勝鬘金剛般若。小乘義章六卷大乘義五十章及申玄照等行世。有弟子曇永亡名二人。永潛遁自守隱黃龍山。撰搜神論。隱士儀式。名文筆雄健負才傲俗。辯杖之而徙於黃龍。初無恨想而晨夕遙禮云。 > Shi Daobian, whose lay surname was Tian, was a native of Fanyang. A separate record states that he entered his mother's womb wearing a patched robe and carrying a monastic staff, and was thus born. His natural disposition was detached and open, and his talents and arts stood exalted above the world. Although he was deaf, when he answered Emperor Xiaowen he never went against the emperor's intentions. Because of this, his glorious repute became prominently renowned, and those near and far revered him. Dissecting and resolving heterodoxy and orthodoxy, elucidating and freeing people from fixation and stagnation—these were his strengths. At first he resided at the Northern Terrace, and later, accompanying the southward migration, his Dao illuminated the Yellow and Luo river region. In the state of Wei there was a scripture entitled \*Great Dharma Honoured King\* in more than eighty fascicles, which circulated widely in the world. Bian took it in hand, read it, and recognised it as spurious; gathering copies together, he burnt them. Wishing to annotate many scriptures extensively so as to open up the Buddhist canon, he placed his brush upon the veranda rack, whereupon a bird picked it up in its beak and flew off. Seeing this unusual sign, he immediately laid aside this enterprise. He annotated only the \*Vimalakīrti\*, the \*Śrīmālā\*, and the \*Vajracchedikā-prajñāpāramitā\*; his \*Articles on the Meaning of the Hīnayāna\* in six fascicles, \*Fifty Articles on the Meaning of the Mahāyāna\*, as well as \*Exposition on the Profound Illumination\*, circulate in the world. He had two disciples, Tanyong and Wangming. Yong secluded himself to guard his integrity and hid on Mount Huanglong; he composed the \*Discourse on Inquiring into Spirits\* and the \*Ritual Forms for Recluses\*. Ming's literary style was heroic and vigorous; relying on his talent, he held the vulgar world in disdain. Bian beat him with a staff and banished him to Huanglong. At first he bore no grudge, and it is said that morning and evening he paid homage from afar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.6.28) - [Next: 6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.6.30) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060~en-mt.6.29) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.6.29) · Pramāṇa