宋高僧傳 4.25

4.25

釋慧沼，不知何許人也。少而警慧，始預青衿，依于庠序，誦習該通。入法修身，不違戒範，乃被時諺沼闍梨焉。次攻堅于經論，善達翻傳。自奘三藏到京，恒窺壼奧。後親大乘基師，更加精博。及菩提流志於崇福寺譯《大寶積經》，沼預其選，充證義，新羅勝莊法師執筆，沙門大願、塵外皆一時英秀，當代象龍。于時武平一充使，盧藏用、陸景初總預斯場。中書侍郎崔湜因行香至翻經院，歎曰：「清流盡在此矣，豈應見隔？」因奏請乞同潤色新經。初，沼證義於義淨譯場，多所刊正，訛言舛義，悉從指定，無敢踰制。後著諸疏義，號淄州沼也。

Śramaṇa Huizhao was of unknown origin. In his youth he was alert and intelligent; when he first joined the ranks of scholars and relied on the schools, his recitation and study were thorough and comprehensive. Entering the Dharma to cultivate himself, he did not transgress the disciplinary models, and so was hailed in popular parlance as "Ācārya Zhao". Next, he attacked the difficulties in the scriptures and treatises, being adept in translation and transmission. From the time Tripiṭaka Xuanzang arrived in the capital, he constantly probed the innermost depths. Later, he grew close to Master Mahāyāna Ji, becoming even more refined and erudite. When Bodhiruci translated the Mahāratnakūṭa Sūtra at Chongfu Temple, Huizhao was chosen to serve as certifier of the meaning; Dharma Master Seungjang of Silla took up the brush, and the śramaṇas Dayuan and Chenwai were both outstanding talents of the era and dragons and elephants of their day. At that time, Wu Pingyi served as imperial commissioner, while Lu Zangyong and Lu Jingchu all participated in this translation arena. When Vice Director of the Secretariat Cui Shi came to the translation hall while offering incense, he sighed: "The purest stream is all gathered here; how could I be kept apart?" Thereupon he memorialized requesting to assist together in polishing the new scriptures. Earlier, when Huizhao verified the meaning in Yijing's translation arena, he made many corrections; errors of wording and discrepancies of meaning all followed his determinations, and no one dared deviate. Later, he composed various commentaries on meanings, and was known as Zhao of Zizhou.