[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) › [北山錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2113) › 1.3 # 北山錄 1.3 北山錄 1.3 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2113.1.3) 始余欲聞內典。訪諸南屏梵臻法師。於是受斯錄焉。南屏云。往聞老師言。丁祕監（謂）酷愛其書。一見如不及至手傳其本。老師之言可信不疑者。丁公所述作多所自出也善乎。一乘以為宗。百家以為支。尋其支如涉江河隨地得宜。不得其源猶足以為多聞。況遂達其源乎。然其書出未久而世罕傳。能傳者莫不有名於時。而其傳者皆祕玩之以為資不肯廣也。余聞神清在元和時其道甚顯。為當世公卿所尊禮。從其學者至千人。而性喜述作。其出入諸經者或刪焉或益焉凡百餘卷。而斯錄獨發其所縕尤稱贍博。使世之學者盡得其書而達其源。何患不為神清乎。神清其名也。生大安山下。後居長平山陰。故謂之北山錄。惟賢大師先得蜀本。將傳諸好事者。請余敘其大方而刻之。因述南屏法師之言。以為首云。 > Formerly, when I wished to study the inner scriptures, I visited Master of the Law Fanzhen of Nanping. Thereupon I received this record. Nanping said: "In the past I heard my old master say that Secretarial Director Ding passionately loved this book; upon seeing it once he felt he could never get enough of it, even copying out his own exemplar by hand. That the old master's words are reliable and beyond doubt is because the compositions produced by Lord Ding largely derived from it." How fine it is! It takes the ekayāna as the ancestral core and the hundred schools as branches. If one follows its branches, it is like crossing rivers and streams—one finds what is appropriate wherever one goes. Even if one does not reach its source, it is still sufficient to make one broadly learned; how much more so if one eventually penetrates its source! Yet, not long after this book appeared, it was rarely circulated in the world. Those who were able to transmit it were without exception famous in their time, yet those who transmitted it all kept it as a secret treasure to support themselves, unwilling to make it widely known. I have heard that during the Yuanhe era Shenqing's Way was extremely prominent, and he was held in deep respect by the lords and high ministers of the day. Those who followed him as students reached a thousand men. By nature he was fond of composition: of his writings dealing with the scriptures, some abridged and some expanded them, totaling more than a hundred fascicles. Yet this record alone unfolds what he had accumulated, and is particularly praised for its fullness and breadth. Were the students of the world to obtain his books fully and penetrate their source, why worry about not becoming another Shenqing? Shenqing was his name. He was born at the foot of Mount Da'an and later dwelt on the north slope of Mount Changping, which is why it is called the Record of North Mountain. Great Master Weixian first obtained an exemplar from Shu and was going to transmit it to enthusiasts; he invited me to preface its general outline and have it carved. Therefore I have recorded the words of Master of the Law Nanping to serve as this introduction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2113.1.2) - [Next: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2113.1.4) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2113.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2113~en-mt.1.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2113.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2113.1.3) · Pramāṇa