出三藏記集 7.52

7.52

"May the Great King bathe, uphold, and reverence it, kneeling to grasp and delve into it. Copy it extensively, narrate it widely, and elucidate its mysterious purport! Who is not the King of Medicine? This is indeed that medicinal tree. It requires no closed eyes or nods of sleep, nor does it cause the toil of bitter taste; cast aside the six arts, dismiss the ten shamans. In the past, writings were bestowed on the bridge at Yi, and the art of divination was received within the mountain valley; sometimes these were allegories, or borrowed from dreams—never before has there been such a manifest response, shining forth with such supreme clarity! Commissioned despite my humble talent to signal this superior Way, I dare rely on this base worth to guide the naive and unlearned. The encomium says: