[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) › 29.7 # 法苑珠林 29.7 法苑珠林 29.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [29.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.29.7) 奉詔譯經。兼勅令撰出西域行傳一十二卷。至今龍朔三年翻譯經論。未似奘師游國博聞翻經最多。依奘師行傳。王玄策傳。及西域道俗。任土所宜非無靈異。勅令文學士等總集詳撰。勒成六十卷。號為西國志。圖畫四十卷合成一百卷。從于闐國至波斯國已來。大唐總置都督府及州縣折衝府。合三百七十八所。九所是都督府。八十所是州。一百三十三所是縣。一百四十七所是折衝府。四洲所宜人物別異者。並蕳配諸篇非此所明。今之所錄者。直取佛法聖迹住持。別成一卷。餘之不盡者。具存大本。冀後殷鑒知有廣略矣。 > He received an imperial edict to translate scriptures, and was additionally commanded to compile the Record of the Western Regions in twelve fascicles. Down to the third year of Longshuo, in the translation of scriptures and treatises, none has matched Master Xuanzang in travelling across kingdoms, broad learning, and translating the greatest number of scriptures. Based on Master Xuanzang's travel record, Wang Xuance's account, as well as the monastics and laity of the Western Regions, the products proper to the soils were not without divine anomalies. An imperial order commanded literati and scholars to compile and draft it comprehensively, putting it into sixty fascicles, entitled Gazetteer of the Western Countries, with forty fascicles of illustrations, making a total of one hundred fascicles. From the kingdom of Khotan to the kingdom of Persia, the Great Tang established a total of governor-generals' offices, prefectures, counties, and militia garrisons, amounting to three hundred and seventy-eight localities in all: nine localities are governor-generals' offices, eighty localities are prefectures, one hundred and thirty-three localities are counties, and one hundred and forty-seven localities are militia garrisons. As for the products and distinct customs and peoples appropriate to the four continents, they have all been selected and allotted to various chapters and are not what is clarified here. What is recorded at present directly takes up the sacred traces and maintenance of the Buddha's Dharma, forming a separate fascicle. What is not fully covered remains complete in the grand primary text, so that later people may draw clear reference and know what is comprehensive and what is abridged. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 29.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.29.6) - [Next: 29.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.29.8) - [Up: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.29) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.29.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [西國志](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.cn.tang.xiguo-zhi) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.29.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.29.7) · Pramāṇa