出三藏記集 9.39

9.39

四阿含義同中阿含。首以明其指不復重序也。增一阿含者。皆法條貫以數相次也。數終十今加其一。故曰增一也。且數數皆增。以增為義也。其為法也。多錄禁律繩墨切厲。乃度世撿括也外國巖岫之士江海之人。於四阿含多詠味茲焉。有外國沙門曇摩難提者。兜佉勒國人也。齠齓出家。孰與廣聞誦。二阿含溫故日新。周行諸國無土不涉。以秦建元二十年來詣長安。外國鄉人咸皆善之。武威太守趙文業。求令出焉。佛念譯傳曇嵩筆受。歲在甲申夏出。至來年春乃訖。為四十一卷。分為上下部。上部二十六卷。全無遺忘。下部十五卷。失其錄偈也。余與法和共考正之。僧略僧茂助挍漏失。四十日乃了。此年有阿城之役伐鼓近郊。而正專在斯業之中。全具二阿含一百卷鞞婆沙婆和須蜜僧伽羅剎傳。此五大經。自法東流出經之優者也。四阿含四十應真之所集也。十人撰一部。題其起書為錄偈焉。懼法留世久遺逸散落也。斯土前出諸經班班有其中者。今為二阿含。各為新錄一卷。全其故目注其得失。使見經尋之差易也。合上下部四百七十二經。凡諸學士撰此二阿含。其中往往有律語。外國不通與沙彌白衣共視也。而今已後。幸共護也使與律同。此乃茲邦之急者也。斯諄諄之誨。幸勿藐藐聽也。廣見而不知護禁。乃是學士通中創也。中本起康孟祥出出大愛道品。乃不知是禁經比丘尼法堪慊切直割而去之。此乃是大鄙可痛恨者也。此二經有力道士。乃能見當以著心焉。如其輕忽不以為意者。幸我同志鳴鼓攻之可也。

The meaning of the Four Āgamas is identical to that of the Madhyama-āgama; since the beginning has already clarified their purport, I will not preface it again. As for the Ekottarika-āgama, the Dharma items are systematically arranged in numerical sequence. Where numbers end at ten, one is now added to them, hence it is called 'Ekottarika' [Increased by One]. Moreover, every number increases, taking 'increase' as its meaning. As for its doctrine, it mostly records prohibitive vinaya rules and strict discipline, being a regulation for transcending the world. Sages of the cliffs and valleys and persons of the rivers and seas in foreign countries mostly chant and savor this scripture among the four Āgamas. There was a foreign śramaṇa named Dharmanandin, a man of the country of Tukhāra. He left home in his childhood and attained broad learning and recitation of the two Āgamas, reviewing the old to understand the new every day. He traveled through various countries, leaving no land unvisited. In the twentieth year of Jianyuan of the Qin, he came to Chang'an. His foreign countrymen all respected him. Zhao Wenye, the Grand Administrator of Wuwei, requested him to produce it. Zhu Fonian translated, and Tan song served as the scribal recorder. In the jiashen year, in the summer, the translation began, and by the spring of the following year, it was completed. It formed forty-one fascicles, divided into an upper and a lower section. The upper section of twenty-six fascicles had nothing missing or forgotten. The lower section of fifteen fascicles lost its summary verses. Fahe and I examined and corrected it together, while Senglüe and Sengmao helped collate omissions, and it was finished in forty days. In this year, there was the military campaign of Acheng, with war drums beating in the nearby suburbs, yet our concentration was devoted solely to this undertaking. Having the complete two Āgamas in one hundred fascicles, the Vibhāṣā, Vasumitra, and the account of Saṅgharakṣa—these five great scriptures are the finest among the scriptures produced since the Dharma flowed east. The four Āgamas were compiled by forty arhats, ten people compiling one division, inscribing summary verses at the head of the texts, fearing that if the Dharma remained in the world for long, they would be lost and scattered. Among the various scriptures previously produced in this land, there are clearly parts of them present. Now, for the two Āgamas, I have made a new catalogue of one fascicle for each, preserving their old titles and annotating their merits and defects, so that those consulting the scriptures might find them somewhat easier. Combining the upper and lower sections, there are four hundred and seventy-two sūtras. In general, when scholars compiled these two Āgamas, there were frequently vinaya words within them. In foreign countries, it is not permitted to allow novices and laypeople to look at them together. From now on, I hope we will guard them together and treat them like the vinaya; this is indeed an urgent matter in this country. May these earnest admonitions not be listened to with disregard! To be broadly learned and yet not know how to guard the prohibitions is truly a wound right through the scholar. When Kang Mengxiang produced the Zhong benqi [jing] and translated the chapter on Mahāprajāpatī, he did not know it was a prohibitive scripture, the rules for bhikṣuṇīs, and being displeased by its straightforward severity, he cut it out and discarded it. This was truly a great vulgarity, a deplorable matter. Only capable clerics can see these two scriptures, and they should apply their minds to them. If anyone is negligent and does not take it to heart, may my companions sound the drums and attack him!