[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) › [廣弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103) › 22.88 # 廣弘明集 22.88 廣弘明集 22.88 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [22.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.22.88) 伏奉墨勅猥垂獎喻。祇奉綸言精守震越。玄奘業行空疎謬參法侶。幸屬九瀛有截四海無虞。憑皇靈以遠征。恃國威而訪道。窮遐冒險。雖勵愚誠。纂異懷荒。寔資朝化。所獲經論奉勅翻譯。見成卷軸未有詮序。伏惟。陛下叡思雲敷。天華景爛。理包繫象。調逸咸英。跨千古以飛聲。掩百王而騰實。竊以神力無方。非神思不足詮其理。聖教玄遠。非聖藻何以序其源。故乃冒犯威嚴敢希題目。宸睠冲邈不垂矜許。撫躬累息相顧失圖。玄奘聞。日月麗天。既分暉於戶牖。江河紀地。亦流潤於巖崖。雲和廣樂。不祕響於聾昧。金璧奇珍。豈韜彩於愚瞽。敢緣斯理重以干祈。伏乞。雷雨曲垂。天文俯照。配兩儀而同久。與二曜而俱懸。然則鷲嶺微言。假神筆而弘遠。鷄園奧義。託英詞而宣暢。豈止區區梵眾獨荷恩榮。亦使蠢蠢迷生方超塵累而已。謹奉表奏以聞。謹言。勅遂許焉。謂駙馬高履行曰。汝前請朕為汝父作碑。今氣力不如昔。願作功德為法師作序。不能作碑汝知之。貞觀二十二年幸玉華宮。追奘至。問翻何經論。答正翻瑜伽。上問何聖所作。明何等義。具答已。令取論自披閱。遂下勅新翻經論寫九本。頒與雍洛相兗荊楊等九大州。奘又請經題。上乃出之名大唐三藏聖教序。於明月殿命弘文館學士上官儀對群僚讀之。 > Prostrating, I received the imperial ink decree, which humbly bestowed praise and encouragement upon me. Revering and receiving the silk words, my concentrated observance was filled with trembling awe. Xuanzang's karma and practice are empty and sparse, having erroneously joined the ranks of the Dharma. Fortunately, I belong to an era when the nine continents are united and the four seas free of peril. Relying on the imperial spirit to make a distant expedition, and depending on the prestige of the state to seek the Way, I exhausted the distant regions and braved dangers; although I exerted my foolish sincerity, gathering the extraordinary and cherishing the desolate truly depended upon the transforming influence of the court. The sūtras and treatises obtained have been translated under imperial decree; the completed scrolls have not yet received an explanatory preface. Prostrating, I reflect: Your Majesty's sagacious thoughts spread like clouds, and your heavenly flowers shine with radiant splendor. Their principles encompass the hexagrams and images; their melodies surpass the Xianchi and Daying. Striding across a thousand ages to send forth renown, you eclipse a hundred kings to spread true substance. I venture to consider that spiritual power is limitless; without spiritual thought, it is insufficient to explain its principles. The sacred teaching is profound and far-reaching; without sacred writing, how could its source be prefaced? Therefore, braving your awe-inspiring majesty, I ventured to hope for an inscription. The imperial gaze was lofty and distant, and did not grant permission. Examining myself and sighing repeatedly, we looked at one another at a loss for a plan. Xuanzang has heard that when the sun and moon cling to heaven, they dispense their radiance to doors and windows; when rivers and streams pattern the earth, they also send their moisture to crags and cliffs. The grand music of Yunhe does not withhold its sound from the deaf and ignorant; the wondrous treasures of gold and jade—how could they hide their lustre from the foolish and blind? Venturing to rely on this principle, I entreat you once again. I prostrate myself to beg that thunder and rain bend down to grant \[favor\], and the celestial patterns shine down from above, enduring as long as the Two Modes, and hanging aloft together with the two luminaries. In that case, the subtle words of the Vulture Peak will rely on the divine brush to become vast and far-reaching; the profound meaning of the Rooster Garden will be entrusted to brilliant words to be broadly declared. How could it merely be that the humble Sangha alone bears your gracious favor? It will also cause the wriggling, deluded beings to transcend worldly defilements! Respectfully presenting this memorial to be heard. Respectfully stated. The imperial decree thereupon granted it, saying to Prince Consort Gao Lüxing: 'Previously you asked Zhen to compose a stele for your father. Now my energy is not what it used to be. I wish to perform merit and write a preface for the Master of the Law; I cannot write the stele, as you know.' In the twenty-second year of Zhenguan, when visiting Yuhua Palace, the Emperor summoned Xuanzang and asked what sūtra or treatise he was translating. He replied that he was translating the Yogācārabhūmi. The Emperor asked what sage composed it and what doctrine it clarified. When he had answered in full, the Emperor ordered that the treatise be fetched and read it himself. He then issued an edict to make nine copies of the newly translated sūtras and treatises, and distribute them to the nine great prefectures including Yong, Luo, Xiang, Yan, Jing, and Yang. Xuanzang further requested an inscription for the scriptures; the Emperor then produced it, entitling it 'Preface to the Sacred Teachings of the Tripiṭaka of the Great Tang'. In the Mingyue Hall, he commanded Scholar Shangguan Yi of the Institute for the Advancement of Literature to read it before all the officials. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 22.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.22.87) - [Next: 22.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.22.89) - [Up: 22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.22) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.22.88) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.22.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.22.88) · Pramāṇa