[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) › 3.30 # 宋高僧傳 3.30 宋高僧傳 3.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.3.30) 釋悟空，京兆雲陽人，姓車氏，後魏拓跋之遠裔也。天假聰敏，志尚典墳，孝悌之聲，藹于鄉里。屬玄宗德被遐方，罽賓國願附大唐，遣大首領薩婆達幹與三藏舍利越摩於天寶九載來朝闕庭，請使巡按。明年，勅中使張韜光，將國信、行官、傔吏四十餘人西邁。時空未出俗，名奉朝，授左衛涇州四門府別將，令隨使臣自安西路去。至十二載至健陀羅國，罽賓東都城也，其王禮接唐使。使迴，空篤疾，留健陀羅。病中發願，痊當出家。遂投舍利越摩落髮，號達摩馱都，華言法界，當肅宗至德二年也。洎年二十九，於迦濕彌羅國受具足戒，文殊矢涅地為親教師，鄔不羼提為羯磨阿遮利耶，馱里巍地為教授，於蒙鞮寺諷聲聞戒，習根本律儀。然北天竺國皆薩婆多學也。後巡歷數年，遍瞻八塔，為憶君親，因咨本師舍利越摩，再三方允。摩手授梵本《十地》、《迴向輪》、《十力》三經，共一夾，并佛牙舍利以贈別。空行從北路，至覩貨羅國，五十七蕃中有一城，號骨咄國，城東有小海。空行次南岸，地輒搖動，雲陰雨暴，霆擊雹飛。乃奔就一大樹間，時有眾商咸投其下。商主告眾曰：「誰齎佛舍利異物殊珍耶？不爾，龍神何斯忿怒？有則投于海中，無令眾人惶怖。如藏匿者，自貽伊咎。」空為利東夏之故，潛乞龍神宥過。自卯達申，雨雹方霽。迴及龜茲，居蓮華寺，遇三藏法師勿提提羼魚，善於傳譯。空因將《十力經》夾請翻之。尋抵北庭，大使復命空出梵夾，于闐三藏戒法為譯主，空證梵文并度語，翻成《十地》、《迴向輪經》。事訖，隨中使段明秀以貞元五年己巳達京師，勅於躍龍門使院安置。進上佛牙舍利、經本，宣付左神策軍繕寫，功德使竇文場寫畢進呈，勅署空「壯武將軍」、「試太常卿」。乃歸章敬寺。次返雲陽問二親，墳樹已拱矣。凡所往來，經四十年，于時已六十餘。所翻經三本，共十一卷。翻經大德圓照《續開元錄》皆編入藏，復記空之行狀焉。 > Shi Wukong was a native of Yunyang in Jingzhao; his secular surname was Che, and he was a remote descendant of the Tuoba of the Later Wei. Endowed by nature with intelligence and keen perception, he aspired to the classic canons; his reputation for filial piety and fraternal respect was renowned throughout his home village. It happened that Emperor Xuanzong's virtue extended to distant regions, and the country of Jibin wished to attach itself to the Great Tang, sending the great chieftain Sabao Dagan together with the Tripiṭaka master Śarīravarma to present themselves at the imperial palace in the ninth year of the Tianbao reign period (750), requesting that an envoy make an inspection tour. In the following year, the palace envoy Zhang Taoguang was imperially commissioned, leading more than forty diplomatic mission officers, travelling officials, and attendant scribes to march westward. At that time, Wukong had not yet left secular life; his secular name was Fengchao, and he held the post of Biejiang in the Simen Garrison of Jingzhou in the Left Guard, ordered to accompany the imperial envoy along the Anxi route. In the twelfth year (753), they reached the country of Gandhāra, the eastern capital city of Jibin, whose king received the Tang envoy with courtesy. When the envoy returned, Wukong fell gravely ill and remained in Gandhāra. During his illness, he made a vow that upon recovery he would enter the monastic life. Thereupon he placed himself under Śarīravarma and shaved his head, receiving the monastic name Dharmadhātu, which in Chinese means Fajie (Dharma Realm); this was in the second year of the Zhide reign period (757) of Emperor Suzong. Upon reaching the age of twenty-nine, he received upasampadā in the country of Kaśmīra, with Wenshushinieti (Mañjuśrīśānti) serving as his preceptor (upādhyāya), Wubuxiantidi (Upasānti) as his karman ācārya, and Tuoliweidi as his instructor. At the Mengdi Temple, he recited the śrāvaka precepts and studied the fundamental monastic regulations. Indeed, the countries of Northern India all adhered to the Sarvāstivāda school. Afterward, he traveled and made pilgrimages for several years, paying homage everywhere to the eight stupas. Because he longed for his sovereign and parents, he consulted his root master, Śarīravarma, and only after asking three times was he granted permission. Śarīravarma personally handed him Sanskrit manuscripts of three scriptures—the Daśabhūmika, the Pariṇāmacakra, and the Daśabala—bound in a single case, together with a Buddha-tooth relic to present as parting gifts. Wukong traveled along the northern route and reached the country of Tokhāra; among the fifty-seven barbarian regions there was a walled city called the country of Khottal, to the east of which lay a small sea. As Wukong reached its southern shore, the earth suddenly shook, dense dark clouds brought torrential rain, thunder struck, and hail flew about. He then fled to take shelter among the roots of a great tree, where a group of merchants had also gathered. The caravan leader addressed the crowd, saying, "Who is carrying a Buddha relic or an extraordinary, rare treasure? If not for that, why would the dragon deity be so enraged? If there is any such thing, cast it into the sea so that the people will not be terrified. If anyone conceals it, he will bring calamity upon himself." For the sake of benefiting the Eastern Xia, Wukong secretly prayed to the dragon deity to pardon his transgression. From the hour of the rabbit to the hour of the monkey, the rain and hail finally cleared. Returning as far as Kucha, he stayed at Lianhua Temple, where he met the Tripiṭaka master Mutitixianyu, who was skilled in translation. Wukong therefore took out the manuscript of the Daśabala-sūtra and requested that he translate it. Soon after, he reached Beiting, where the Grand Commissioner again ordered Wukong to produce his Sanskrit leaves; with the Khotanese Tripiṭaka master Jiefa serving as chief translator, Wukong verified the Sanskrit text and interpreted the spoken language, translating them into the Daśabhūmika and Pariṇāmacakra scriptures. Once the work was completed, he accompanied the palace envoy Duan Mingxiu to arrive at the capital in the fifth year of the Zhenyuan reign period, a jisi year (789), where an imperial edict ordered him to be accommodated in the Yaolongmen Imperial Envoy Compound. He presented the Buddha-tooth relic and the scripture texts to the throne; an imperial command directed the Left Shence Army to copy them, and the Commissioner of Merit and Virtue Dou Wenchang, having completed the copying, submitted them to the Emperor. An edict appointed Wukong as General of Resolute Might (Zhuangwu Jiangjun) and Probationary Chamberlain for Ceremonials (Shi Taichangqing). He then returned to Zhangjing Temple. Next, he returned to Yunyang to inquire after his parents, but the trees over their graves were already a span in circumference. His travels back and forth had spanned forty years, and by that time he was over sixty. The scriptures he translated amounted to three texts in eleven fascicles. The Great Virtuous translator Yuanzhao compiled them all into the Tripiṭaka in his Continuation of the Kaiyuan Record and furthermore recorded Wukong's conduct and deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.3.29) - [Next: 3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.3.31) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061~en-mt.3.30) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.3.30) · Pramāṇa