釋迦方志 1.14

1.14

夫以八難所標邊地非攝。出凡入聖必先中國。故大夏親奉音形。東華晚開教迹。理數然矣。

Now, as marked out by the eight difficulties, peripheral lands are excluded from salvation; to transcend the mundane and enter the sacred, one must begin in the Middle Kingdom. Therefore, Bactria personally received his voice and form, while the Eastern Floriate late received the traces of his teaching. The principle and numbers are naturally so.