[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) › [傳法正宗記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078) › 9.73 # 傳法正宗記 9.73 傳法正宗記 9.73 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.9.73) 劉昫。字耀遠。涿州歸義人也。天祐中。始以軍事衙推仕。及開運初。授司空平章事。又監修國史。故其撰唐書神秀傳曰。昔後魏末有僧達磨者。本天竺國王子。以護國出家入南海得禪宗妙法。自釋迦相傳有衣鉢為記。世相付授。初來至梁詣武帝。帝問以有為之事。達磨不悅乃之魏。隱於嵩山少林寺而卒。其年魏使宋雲。於葱嶺迴見之。門徒發其墓。但見衣履而已。達磨傳慧可。慧可傳僧璨。僧璨傳道信。道信傳弘忍。弘忍傳慧能神秀。昫卒於宋太保。 > Liu Xu, styled Yaoyuan, was a native of Guiyi in Zhuozhou. In the Tianyou era, he first entered service as a Military Administrator. At the beginning of the Kaiyun era, he was appointed Minister of Works (Sikong) and Pingzhangshi, and also supervised the compilation of the National History. Therefore, in composing the biography of Shenxiu in the Tangshu, he wrote: 'Formerly, at the end of the Later Wei, there was a monk named Bodhidharma, originally a prince of a state in Tianzhu. He left the household to protect the state, entered the Southern Sea, and attained the marvelous Dharma of the Chan school. Transmitted from Śākyamuni, there were the robe and bowl as tokens, which were conferred from generation to generation. When he first arrived, he went to Liang to visit Emperor Wu. The Emperor questioned him about conditioned affairs; Bodhidharma was not pleased, and so went to the Wei, retiring to Shaolin Monastery on Mount Song, where he died. In that year, the Wei envoy Song Yun, returning across the Congling Mountains, saw him. His disciples opened his tomb, but found only his robe and shoes. Bodhidharma transmitted it to Huike; Huike transmitted it to Sengcan; Sengcan transmitted it to Daoxin; Daoxin transmitted it to Hongren; Hongren transmitted it to Huineng and Shenxiu.' Xu died with the rank of Grand Protector (Taibao) under the Song. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.9.72) - [Next: 9.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.9.74) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078~en-mt.9.73) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [傳法正宗定祖圖](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079.1.80) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.9.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.9.73) · Pramāṇa