出三藏記集 13.6

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支讖。本月支國人也。操行淳深性度開敏。稟持法戒以精勤著稱。諷誦群經志存宣法。漢桓帝末。遊于洛陽。以靈帝光和中平之間。傳譯胡文出般若道行品首楞嚴般舟三昧等三經。又有阿闍世王寶積等十部經。以歲久無錄。安公挍練古今精尋文體云。似讖所出。凡此諸經。皆審得本旨了不加飾。可謂善宣法要弘道之士也。後不知所終。沙門竺朔佛者。天竺人也漢桓帝時。亦齎道行經來適洛陽。即轉胡為漢。譯人時滯雖有失旨。然棄文存質深得經意。朔又以靈帝光和二年。於洛陽譯出般舟三昧經。時讖為傳言。河南洛陽孟福張蓮筆受。時又有支曜譯出成具光明經云。

Lokakṣema was originally a native of the Yuezhi kingdom. His conduct was pure and profound, and his temperament broad and sharp. Upholding the precepts of the Dharma, he was renowned for his vigorous diligence. Chanting and reciting various scriptures, his intention lay in propagating the Dharma. Toward the end of the reign of Emperor Huan of the Han, he traveled to Luoyang. Between the Guanghe and Zhongping eras of Emperor Ling, he translated Hu texts, producing three scriptures: the Daoxing pin of the Prajñā[pāramitā], the Śūraṅgama[-samādhi-sūtra], and the Pratyutpanna[-samādhi-sūtra]. There were also ten scriptures, such as the Ajātaśatru-kaukṛtya-vinodana and the Ratnakūṭa; because the years have passed without records, Master Dao'an, examining ancient and modern works and closely investigating their literary style, stated that they seem to have been produced by Lokakṣema. All these scriptures accurately capture the original purport without any added embellishment; he may be called a scholar who skillfully propagated the essentials of the Dharma and magnified the Way. Later, it is unknown where he ended his life. The śramaṇa Zhu Shuofu was a native of Tianzhu. In the time of Emperor Huan of the Han, he also brought the Daoxing jing to Luoyang, translating the Hu into Chinese. The translator sometimes hesitated, and though there were deviations from the purport, he discarded ornamentation and preserved the plain truth, deeply capturing the scriptural meaning. In the second year of the Guanghe era of Emperor Ling, Shuofu also translated the Pratyutpanna-samādhi-sūtra in Luoyang. At that time, Lokakṣema served as oral interpreter, while Meng Fu and Zhang Lian of Luoyang in Henan acted as scribal recorders. At that time, there was also Zhi Yao, who translated the Chengju guangming jing.