[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) › [宋高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061) › 14.8 # 宋高僧傳 14.8 宋高僧傳 14.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.14.8) 系曰：成公與隋蔣州道成同號而異實，二者奚先？通曰：「隋成也精乎《十誦》，著述尤多；唐成也傳乎《四分》，譯講偕妙。然其撰集則開悟迷淪，究其翻傳則陶甄教道。譬猶後焰靡及乎前光，似寶或慚乎真寶，互有長短，用則無遺也。」 > The appraisal states: Master Cheng and Daocheng of Jiangzhou during the Sui shared the same name but differed in reality; which of the two takes precedence? The universal answer states: "Sui Cheng was adept in the Sarvāstivāda-vinaya, and his writings were especially numerous; Tang Cheng transmitted the Dharmaguptaka-vinaya, and his translation and lecturing were equally wondrous. However, the former's compilations awakened those lost in delusion, while the latter's translation efforts molded the pedagogical way. It is like a later flame not matching an earlier light, or an imitation jewel feeling ashamed before a genuine jewel: each had merits and shortcomings, and in practical application neither should be discarded." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.14.7) - [Next: 14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.14.9) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061~en-mt.14.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.14.8) · Pramāṇa