出三藏記集 7.36

7.36

In the third year of the Xianhe era, with the year in guiyou (328 CE), Zhang Tianxi, the Regional Inspector of Liangzhou, produced this Śūraṅgama-sūtra in his province. At that time there was a Yuezhi upāsaka, Zhi Shilun, who held the Hu manuscript in his hands. Zhi had a comprehensive knowledge of the various sūtras and was especially adept at the vaipulya samādhis; his aspirational endeavor was the study of the Mahāyāna. He produced the Śūraṅgama, the Xulai (Surata), the Shang jinguangshou (Śrīgupta?), and the Ruhuansanmei (Māyāsamādhi). At that time, in Liangzhou, an assembly gathered below the Zhanluxuan Pavilion in the Zhengting Hall of the prefecture. At that time, the translator was the heir apparent of the King of Guici (Kucha), Bai Yan, who was skilled in the Chinese and Hu pronunciations. Bai Yan thoroughly understood the various texts, combining both inner and outer learning. The receivers [of the text] were the Regular Attendant Zhao Xiao of Xihai, the Magistrate of Huishui Ma Yi, and the Palace Attendant Lai Gongzheng. These three men were all persons of outstanding virtue who had their minds set on the Dao and virtue. Present in the assembly were the śramaṇas Shi Huichang and Shi Jinxing. Liangzhou itself provided the phrasing; the intent of the phrasing adhered to the original without adding literary embellishment. Embellishment is close to the vulgar, while plainness is close to the Dao; to combine literary elegance and plainness belongs only to the sage.