[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 16.70 # 法苑珠林 16.70 法苑珠林 16.70 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [16.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.16.70) 物有廣贍。人固多宰。淵淵釋安。專能兼倍。飛聲汧隴。馳名淮海。形雖革化。猶若常在。有別記云。河北別有竺道安。與釋道安齊名。謂習鑿齒致書於竺道安。道安本隨師姓竺。後改為釋。世見其二姓。因謂為兩人謬矣（右此二驗出梁高僧傳）。 > "Things have broad abundance; / men indeed possess multiple talents. / Profound was Shi Dao'an, / who singly surpassed them twofold. / His fame soared over Qian and Long; / his renown sped across the Huai and the sea. / Though his form has transformed and passed away, / he seems still to abide as ever." > A separate record says: 'North of the Yellow River there was separately a Zhu Dao'an, whose fame equalled Shi Dao'an's, and it was to Zhu Dao'an that Xi Zuochi sent a letter.' Dao'an originally followed his teacher's surname, Zhu, and later changed it to Shi. Seeing his two surnames, people of the world consequently claimed they were two persons, which is an error. (The above two verifications are taken from the Liang Biographies of Eminent Monks.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.16.69) - [Next: 16.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.16.71) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.16.70) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.16.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.16.70) · Pramāṇa