大宋僧史略 1.50

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乍翻法語未貫凡情。既重譯而乃通。更究文而暢理故箋法作焉。沈隱之義指掌可知矣。五運圖云。康僧會吳赤鳥年中。注法鏡經。此注經之始也。又道安重注了本生死經云。魏初有河南支恭明。為作注解。若然者。南注則康僧會居初。北注則支恭明為先矣。

When the Dharma's words were newly translated, they had not yet penetrated ordinary minds. After repeated translation they became intelligible, and through further investigating the text to elucidate the principles, explanatory annotations were produced. The hidden and profound meanings thus became as clear as pointing to one's palm. The Wuyun tu says: "Kang Senghui commented on the Fajing jing during the Chiwu era of Wu." This was the beginning of commenting on sūtras. Furthermore, Dao'an's revised commentary on the Liaoben shengsi jing states: "In the early Wei, Zhi Gongming of Henan made a commentary for it." If that is so, then in the south Kang Senghui was the first, while in the north Zhi Gongming took the lead.