宋高僧傳 4.18

4.18

Shi Jingmai was a man of Zhitong. In his youth he was modest and reserved, and as he grew up his aspirational conduct was lofty, especially plumbing the subtleties of sūtras and śāstras through thorough study. His temperament was steady and profound; he did not make casual associations, and whenever he traveled he chose his destination carefully, eventually arriving in the metropolitan capital. During the Zhenguan era, coinciding with Xuanzang's return from the west, an imperial decree ordered that Guangfu Temple be constructed in the capital for Empress Taimu, where Xuanzang was to carry out translation. All clerical assistance required was discussed with Fang Xuanling so as to ensure generous provision. Consequently, eleven Great Virtues who verified meaning, practiced in Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna scriptures and treatises and respected by the times, were summoned; Jingmai was included among those chosen and resided at Cien Temple. Together with Xixuan of Puguang Temple, Mingjun of Guangfu Temple, Bianji of Huichang Temple, and Daoxuan of Fengde Temple on Mount Zhongnan, he held the brush and composed the text, translating the Itivuttaka in seven fascicles. Later, Jingmai and Shenfang served as scribes at Yuhua Palace and the Translation Court of Cien Temple, where both were praised for adapting to circumstances, and thus they gained deep mastery of the scriptures. Later he authored the four-fascicle Yijing tuji, evaluating and arranging ancient and modern scriptural catalogues, the names and ranks of translators, single translations, retranslations, apocrypha, and other categories, all properly ordered, which is now included in the Tripiṭaka. During the Kaiyuan era, Zhisheng continued its headings.