翻譯名義集 1.217

1.217

[Zhiyan] A native of Liangzhou. Wherever his doctrinal transformation reached, both the unseen and the visible submitted. Before renouncing household life, he had violated the five precepts. Later, after receiving full monastic ordination, he doubted whether he had truly obtained the precepts. He thereupon sailed across the sea to India to consult an arhat, who also could not resolve the matter. Inquiring with Maitreya on his behalf, the Merciful One replied that he had indeed obtained the precepts. Zhiyan was greatly delighted. Having obtained Sanskrit texts of sūtras, during the Yuanjia reign era of Emperor Wen of Song, he translated in Yangdu.