出三藏記集 10.54

10.54

如來泥洹數百年後。有尊者法勝。於佛所說經藏之中。抄集事要為二百五十偈。號阿毘曇心。其後復有尊者達摩多羅攬其所製。以為文體不足理有所遺。乃更搜採眾經。復為三百五十偈。補其所闕號曰雜心。新舊偈本凡有六百篇。第之數則有十一品。篇號仍舊為稱。唯有擇品一品。全異於先。尊者多羅復即自廣引諸論敷演其義。事無不列列無不辯。微言玄旨於是昭著。自茲之後。道隆於世。涉學之士莫不寶之以為美談。於宋元嘉三年。徐州刺史太原王仲德。請外國沙門伊葉波羅。於彭城出之。擇品之半及論品一品。有緣事起不得出竟。元嘉八年。復有天竺法師名求那跋摩。得斯陀含道。善練茲經來遊楊都。更從挍定諮詳大義。余不以闇短廁在二集之末。輒記所聞以訓章句。庶於攬者有過半之益耳。

Several centuries after the Tathāgata's nirvāṇa, there was the Venerable Dharmaśreṣṭhin, who, from within the Sūtrapiṭaka spoken by the Buddha, extracted the essential matters into 250 gāthās, entitled *Abhidharmahṛdaya*. Later, there was also the Venerable Dharmatrāta, who reviewed what he had composed, and, considering that the literary form was insufficient and the principles had omissions, further searched through various sūtras and composed another 350 gāthās to supplement what was lacking, calling it the *Saṃyukta-hṛdaya*. The old and new verses together totaled 600 sections, divided into eleven chapters. The titles of the chapters were retained from the old; only the one chapter, 'Investigation', was entirely different from the earlier work. Venerable Dharmatrāta then personally cited various treatises extensively to unfold its meaning. No matter was unlisted, and nothing listed was unanalyzed. The subtle words and profound purport were thereby illuminated. From this time on, the Way flourished in the world, and scholars who engaged with it all treasured it as a fine topic of discourse. In the third year of Yuanjia of the Song dynasty, Wang Zhongde of Taiyuan, Inspector of Xuzhou, invited the foreign śramaṇa Īśvara to translate it in Pengcheng. Half of the 'Investigation' Chapter and the one chapter on 'Treatises' could not be completed because an incident arose. In the eighth year of Yuanjia, there was an Indian Dharma master named Guṇavarman, who had attained the fruit of the sakṛdāgāmin and was well-versed in this scripture; he came to travel in the capital Yangdu. They further revised it and consulted him on the great principles. Unworthy and short of insight as I am, I was placed at the end of the two assemblies, and have recorded what I heard to instruct upon the sentences and phrases, hoping it will provide more than half the benefit to those who examine it.