宋高僧傳 4.23

4.23

釋嘉尚，未知何許人也。慧性天資，瓌奇氣質，篇聚堅守，性相克攻，勤在進修，務於翻譯。遠棲心于奘三藏門，見宗廟之富，窺室家之好。久稽考《瑜伽師地》、《佛地論旨》、《成唯識論》，深得義趣。隨奘於玉華宮譯《大般若經》，充證義綴文，多能傑出。及三藏有疾，命尚具錄所翻經論合七十五部，總一千三百三十五卷。又錄俱胝畫像一千幀，造十俱胝像，寫經、放生、然燈，令尚宣讀。奘合掌歡喜曰：「吾心中願也，汝代導之，得沒而無悔焉。」奘卒，著述疏鈔出雜集，義門夥多。天后朝同薄塵、靈辯等預譯場證義，功績愈繁。尚初侍奘師在玉華宮翻經，至初會《嚴淨佛土品》，說諸佛菩薩以神通願力，盛大千界上妙珍寶、諸妙香花及意樂所生五塵妙境供養莊嚴說法處，與寺主慧德夜覩玉華寺內廣博嚴淨，伎樂盈滿。又聞三堂講法。明日白奘，歡喜符合。尚不知所終。

Śramaṇa Jiashang was of unknown origin. His wisdom was an innate gift, and his bearing extraordinary; he held firmly to the rules and precepts, conquered the characteristics and nature [of Dharmas], was diligent in his cultivation, and dedicated to translation. From afar he set his heart upon Tripiṭaka Xuanzang's gate, seeing the wealth of the ancestral temples and peeping at the splendor of the apartments. Having long investigated the Yogācārabhūmi, the essential tenets of the Buddhabhūmi-śāstra, and the Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi, he profoundly grasped their essential points. Accompanying Xuanzang to the Yuhua Palace to translate the Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra, he served to verify the meaning and compose the text, excelling with many talents. When the Tripiṭaka Master fell ill, he ordered Jiashang to compile a complete catalog of the translated scriptures and treatises, amounting to seventy-five works in 1,335 scrolls in all. He also recorded one thousand painted banners of Koṭi [statues], the making of ten Koṭi statues, the copying of scriptures, releasing living beings, and lighting lamps, having Jiashang read it aloud. Xuanzang folded his hands in joy and said: "This is the wish in my heart; by proclaiming it on my behalf, I may pass away without regret." After Xuanzang died, Jiashang wrote commentaries and subcommentaries, compiled miscellaneous collections, and his doctrinal analyses were numerous. In the court of the Heavenly Empress, together with Baochen, Lingbian, and others, he participated in the translation arena verifying meanings, his accomplishments becoming all the more extensive. When Jiashang first attended Master Xuanzang translating scriptures at Yuhua Palace, reaching the "Chapter on Purifying and Adorning Buddha Lands" of the First Assembly, which speaks of the Buddhas and bodhisattvas using supernatural and vow powers to fill the trichiliocosm with the most marvelous treasures, wonderful fragrances and flowers, and the delightful five sense objects born of intention to make offerings and adorn the place of Dharma preaching, he and the monastery rector Huide saw at night the interior of Yuhua Temple expansive, serene, and filled with instrumental music. They also heard three halls expounding the Dharma. The next day they reported it to Xuanzang, who was delighted by the corroboration. It is not known where Jiashang ended his days.