法苑珠林 53.20

53.20

秦符堅臣武威太守趙正。立志忠政大弘佛法。符堅初敗群鋒互起。戎妖縱暴民流四出。而得傳譯大部蓋由趙正之力矣。又有正字文業。洛陽長水人。或曰濟陰人。年至十八為偽秦著作郎。後遷至黃門郎武威太守。為人無鬚而瘦。有妻妾而無兒。時謂閹人。然而性度敏達學兼內外。性好譏諫無所迴避。符堅末年寵惑鮮卑惰於治政。因歌諫曰。

Zhao Zheng, a minister under Fu Jian of the Qin and Grand Administrator of Wuwei, set his will on loyal governance and greatly promoted the Buddhadharma. When Fu Jian was first defeated and armed uprisings arose on every side, foreign rebels gave free rein to violence, and the common people fled in all directions. Yet that the great scriptures could be transmitted and translated was entirely through the efforts of Zhao Zheng. Furthermore, Zheng, whose courtesy name was Wenye, was a native of Changshui in Luoyang, or, as some say, a native of Jiyin. At the age of eighteen, he became an Editorial Director under the illegitimate Qin. Later, he was promoted to Palace Attendant and then Grand Administrator of Wuwei. By nature he was beardless and emaciated; he had a wife and concubines but no children, so people of his time called him a eunuch. However, he was quick-witted and discerning in temperament, his learning spanning both the inner [Buddhist] and outer [secular] teachings. He was fond of satirical remonstrance, never shying away from speaking out. In his later years, Fu Jian was besotted by the Xianbei and grew negligent in state affairs. Thereupon [Zhao Zheng] admonished him in song, singing: