法苑珠林 2.20

2.20

如毘曇說。閻浮提人壽命不定。有其三品。上壽一百二十五歲。中壽一百歲。下壽六十歲。其間中夭者不可勝數。且依劫減時說有此品。若據劫初壽命無量。或至八萬四千。依長阿含經。閻浮提人。人壽百二十歲。中夭者多。東弗于逮人。人壽二百歲（樓炭經云。人壽三百歲）。西俱耶尼人。人壽三百歲。北欝單越人。人壽千歲（餘三方人並有中夭者。唯北洲人定壽千年也）。

As stated in the *Abhidharma*, the lifespan of the people of Jambudvīpa is indeterminate and has three grades: the superior lifespan is one hundred and twenty-five years, the intermediate lifespan is one hundred years, and the inferior lifespan is sixty years; those who die prematurely in between are innumerable. Furthermore, these grades are described according to the decreasing phase of the kalpa; if based on the beginning of the kalpa, their lifespan is immeasurable, or up to eighty-four thousand [years]. According to the *Dīrghāgama-sūtra*, the people of Jambudvīpa have a lifespan of one hundred and twenty years, and many die prematurely. The people of eastern Pūrvavideha have a lifespan of two hundred years (the *Loutan jing* states that their lifespan is three hundred years). The people of western Aparagodānīya have a lifespan of three hundred years. The people of northern Uttarakuru have a lifespan of one thousand years (the people of the other three directions all have premature death; only the people of the northern continent have a fixed lifespan of one thousand years).