翻譯名義集 1.201

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【Dharmarakṣa】Rendered here as ‘Fahu’ (Protector of Dharma). A native of the Yuezhi kingdom. He possessed great discernment and capacity, being pure and fine by natural disposition. His conduct was rigorous and austere, and his will dedicated to loving study, traveling ten thousand li in search of masters. Not long after arriving here, he broadly surveyed the Six Classics and immersed his mind in the Seven Books. He understood thirty-six kinds of scripts, completely mastering their phonetics and meanings. Daily reciting ten thousand words, he memorized everything that passed before his eyes. He first lived in Dunhuang and later resided at the Qingmen gate [of Chang'an]. The Great Zhou Catalogue states: ‘In the seventh year of Taikang, he translated the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra.’