寺沙門玄奘上表記 1.15

1.15

沙門玄奘言。竊聞六爻探賾。局於生滅之場。百物正名。未涉真如之境。猶且遠微義冊覩奧不測神。遐想軒圖歷選並歸其義。伏惟皇帝陛下玉毫降質。金輪御天。廓先王之九州。掩百千之日月。斥列代之區域。納恒沙之法界。遂使給園精舍並入堤封。貝葉靈文咸歸冊府。玄奘往因振錫聊謁崛山。經途萬里。怙天威如咫步。匪乘千葉。詣雙林如食頃。搜揚三藏。盡龍宮之所儲。研究一乘。窮鷲嶺之遺旨。並已載之素象。還獻紫宸。尋蒙下詔。賜使翻譯。玄奘識乖龍樹。謬忝傳燈之榮。才異馬鳴。深愧寫瓶之敏。所譯經論紕舛尤多。遂荷天恩。留神搆序。文超象繫之表。若聚日之放千光。理括眾妙之門。同法雲之濡百草。一音演說億劫罕逢。忽以微生親承梵響。踊躍歡喜如聞受記。無任欣荷之極。謹奉表詣闕陳謝以聞。謹言。

The śramaṇa Xuanzang states: I have heard that probing the abstruse through the six lines of the hexagrams is limited to the realm of arising and ceasing; rectifying the names of the hundred things has not yet touched the domain of tathatā. Even so, the texts of far-reaching and subtle meaning behold the profound and cannot fathom the spiritual; longing for the charts of the Yellow Emperor, through successive selections all return to their principles. I humbly reflect that the Emperor, Your Majesty, lowered your nature from the jade ūrṇā and rules heaven as a golden wheel-turning king. You have expanded the nine provinces of the ancient kings, eclipsed hundreds and thousands of suns and moons, pushed back the territories of past dynasties, and gathered in the realms of phenomena as numerous as the sands of the Ganges. Consequently, the monastery of Anāthapiṇḍada's garden has fallen entirely within the imperial borders, and the spiritual texts of palm leaves have all returned to the imperial archives. Formerly, leaning on my monk's staff, Xuanzang went to visit the Gṛdhrakūṭa mountain. Traversing a journey of ten thousand li, relying on the heavenly majesty, it seemed like a mere step; without riding upon a thousand petals, reaching the Twin Trees seemed like the space of a single meal. Searching out and raising up the Tripiṭaka, I exhausted what was stored in the nāga palace; examining the One Vehicle, I plumbed the remaining purport of Gṛdhrakūṭa. All these were loaded onto white elephants and brought back to be offered to the Purple Palace. Soon I was favored with an imperial decree ordering me to translate them. Xuanzang's discernment falls far short of Nāgārjuna, yet I have erroneously enjoyed the honor of transmitting the lamp; my talent is different from Aśvaghoṣa, and I feel deeply ashamed before the agility of pouring from vase to vase. The sūtras and śāstras translated have many errors and blunders; yet I have been graced with heavenly favor, as Your Majesty focused your mind to compose the preface. The writing surpasses the Appended Statements and Hexagram Images, like a gathered sun radiating a thousand beams of light; the principles encompass the gate of all subtleties, like the Dharma cloud moistening the hundred grasses. Expounded in a single voice, this is rarely encountered in a hundred million kalpas; suddenly, in this tiny life, I have personally received the Brahman resonance. Leaping with great joy, it is as if I have heard my own prediction of enlightenment. Unable to bear my extreme joy and gratitude, I respectfully present this memorial at the palace gate to express my thanks. Respectfully submitted.