[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) › [釋氏要覽](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127) › 1.27 # 釋氏要覽 1.27 釋氏要覽 1.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.27) 開元錄云。秦晉已前。出家者多隨師姓。後彌天沙門道安云。凡剃髮染衣。紹釋迦種。即無殊姓。宜悉稱釋氏。時皆未然。洎譯出阿含經云。佛告比丘。四大河水入海。無復本名。同名為海。四姓之子。於佛出家剃除鬚髮。著三法衣。無復本姓。但云沙門釋子○彌沙塞律云。汝等比丘。雜類出家。皆捨本姓。同稱釋子（今稱沙門釋者。蓋天竺出家。外道亦自稱沙門。今以釋字簡之。或單稱釋亦可。若彼此是僧。即不用稱。蓋同一釋家。法兄弟故）。 > The Kaiyuan Record states: 'Prior to the Qin and Jin dynasties, those who undertook pravrajyā mostly took their master's surname. Later, the Śramaṇa Dao'an, \[whose fame\] filled heaven, said: "All who shave their hair and dye their robes inherit the Śākya lineage; thus there should be no diverse surnames, and all ought to be called the Shi (Śākya) clan." At the time, this was not yet accepted. When the Āgama sūtras were translated, they stated: "The Buddha told the bhikṣus: 'When the water of the four great rivers enters the sea, they no longer retain their original names, but are collectively called the sea. The sons of the four varṇas, when undertaking pravrajyā under the Buddha, shaving off their beard and hair, and wearing the three Dharma robes, no longer retain their original surnames, but are simply called Śramaṇa Śākyaputra.'"' ○ The Mahīśāsaka Vinaya states: 'You bhikṣus, having undertaken pravrajyā from diverse backgrounds, must all renounce your original surnames and collectively be called sons of the Śākyas.' (Now calling ourselves Śramaṇa Shi is because among those who undertook pravrajyā in Tianzhu, non-Buddhists also called themselves śramaṇas; now we distinguish them with the character Shi. Or calling oneself simply Shi is also acceptable. If addressing one another as saṃgha members, then there is no need to use it, because they belong to the same Śākya family and are Dharma brothers.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.26) - [Next: 1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.28) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127~en-mt.1.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.27) · Pramāṇa