[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) › [釋門自鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083) › 1.32 # 釋門自鏡錄 1.32 釋門自鏡錄 1.32 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.32) 釋慧嚴。姓范豫州人。理識清博學者所宗。時大涅槃經初至宋土。文言致善而品數疎簡。初學難以措懷。乃共慧觀謝靈運等。依泥洹本加之品目。文或過質頗亦治之。刪四十卷者為三十六卷。始有數本流行。因寢寐之間忽見一人。身長二丈儀形甚偉。謂之曰。涅槃尊經何以輕加斟酌。嚴覺已惕然不悅。猶有意以立。未有改心。至明夕復見昨人。狀有怒色。曰若執本圖尋令君知之。嚴驚失聲。乃更集僧收前本。隨得而禁之。識者諫曰。此蓋欲誡勵後人耳。若必不應何容今始夢耶。嚴雖以為然終懷懼矣。 > The monk Huiyan, surnamed Fan, was a native of Yuzhou. His understanding of principle was clear and broad, and he was revered by scholars. At that time, when the \*Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra\* first arrived in the Song territory, the literary phrasing was exquisitely fine, but the chapter divisions were loose and brief, so that beginners found it difficult to grasp its import. Thereupon, together with Huiguan, Xie Lingyun, and others, relying on the \*Nirvāṇa\* text, he added chapter titles, and wherever the phrasing was overly unadorned, he also revised it considerably. He abridged the forty-fascicle version into thirty-six fascicles. At first, several copies were circulated. Later, while asleep, he suddenly saw a man twenty feet tall, of extremely imposing appearance and bearing, who said to him: 'The venerable \*Nirvāṇa-sūtra\*—how could you lightly make adjustments to it?' When Huiyan awoke, he was terrified and displeased; yet he still intended to maintain it, and had not yet changed his mind. On the following evening, he saw the man from the previous day again, who had an angry expression and said: 'If you cling to your original plan, I will promptly let you know \[the consequences\]!' Huiyan cried out in alarm. He then gathered the saṃgha once more to collect the earlier copies, suppressing them as they were retrieved. A discerning person admonished him, saying: 'This was probably meant only to caution and encourage later people. If it were truly not permissible, how could the dream have occurred only now?' Although Huiyan thought this was so, in the end he remained fearful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.31) - [Next: 1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.33) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083~en-mt.1.32) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.32) · Pramāṇa