大明高僧傳 2.7

2.7

系曰。濟有大過人者三焉。內外書史過目則終身不忘一也。有高昌僧般若室利。學兼華梵世無敵者。請濟用高昌語譯小止觀。而頓見文彩煥發室利郝然自失二也。生平以流通教法為己任。凡講法華一百十會。而感天雨寶花繽紛者再三也。嗚呼人或有一不愧於生。濟備此三。可謂世之優曇也歟。

The appraisal says: Jí surpassed others immensely in three matters. First, once inner and outer writings and histories passed before his eyes, he never forgot them for the rest of his life. Second, there was a monk of Qocho named Prajñāśrī, whose learning spanned both Chinese and Sanskrit, peerless in his generation; he asked Jí to translate the Lesser Concentration and Contemplation into the Qocho language, whereupon its literary brilliance suddenly shone forth, leaving Prajñāśrī deeply abashed and overwhelmed. Third, he made the propagation of the teaching his lifelong responsibility; he lectured on the Lotus Sūtra a hundred and ten times in all, moving heaven repeatedly to rain down precious blossoms in profusion. Alas, someone may count it an achievement to have no regrets in just one thing in life; Jí possessed all three. Truly, he may be called an udumbara of the world!