[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [眾經目錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2147) › 1.3 # 眾經目錄 1.3 眾經目錄 1.3 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2147.1.3) 佛法東行。年代已遠。梵經西至流布漸多。舊來正典並由翻出。近遭亂世頗失原起。前寫後譯質文不同。一經數本增減亦異。致使凡人得容妄造。或私𭡽要事更立別名。或輒搆餘辭仍取真號。或論作經稱。疏為論目。大小交雜是非共混。流濫不歸因循未定。將恐陵遲聖說動壞信心。義闕紹隆。理乖付囑。皇帝深崇三寶。洞明五乘。降勅所司。請興善寺大德。與翻經沙門及學士等。披檢法藏詳定經錄。隨類區辯總為五分。單本第一。重翻第二。別生第三。賢聖集傳第四。疑偽第五。別生疑偽不須抄寫。已外三分入藏見錄。至如法寶集之流淨住子之類。還同略抄例入別生。自餘高僧傳等。詞參文史。體非淳正。事雖可尋。義無在錄。又勘古目猶有闕本。昔海內未平諸處遺落。今天下既壹。請皆訪取。所願仁壽長延。法門具足。群生有幸。方益無窮。合成五卷。顯之於左。 > The transmission of the Buddha's Dharma to the east has been of long standing. Sanskrit scriptures arrived from the west and were increasingly circulated. Canonical texts from of old were all produced through translation. Recently, during times of disorder, their origins were largely lost. Earlier transcriptions and later translations differed in plainness and refinement; of a single scripture there were several versions, differing also in additions and omissions. This allowed ordinary persons to falsely fabricate \[texts\]: some privately selected essential matters and established separate titles, while others rashly concocted extraneous words yet adopted genuine titles; or treatises were called scriptures, and commentaries were titled treatises. Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna were intermingled, and right and wrong were confounded together. Errors proliferated without redress, and following precedent left matters unsettled. Fearing that the sacred teachings would decline and faith would be shaken and destroyed, failing the duty of succession and contradicting the entrusted mission, the Emperor, deeply revering the Three Jewels and thoroughly discerning the five vehicles, issued an imperial decree to the competent authorities to invite the venerable elders of Daxingshan Monastery, together with translation śramaṇas and scholars, to examine the Dharma storehouse and critically determine a catalogue of scriptures. Distinguishing them by category, they divided it into five sections in all: single translations, first; retranslations, second; extracted scriptures, third; collections and biographies of sages and saints, fourth; spurious and apocryphal texts, fifth. Extracted scriptures and spurious and apocryphal texts need not be copied out. The remaining three sections are entered into the canon and recorded in the catalogue. As for works such as the Fabao ji and the Jingzhuzi, like brief excerpts they are classified under extracted scriptures. Aside from these, works such as the Biographies of Eminent Monks, whose language partakes of secular historiography and whose style is not purely canonical, though their events may be investigated, have no reason to be included in the catalogue. Furthermore, collating ancient catalogues revealed that there are still missing texts: in the past, when the realm was not yet pacified, texts were left scattered in various places; now that all under Heaven is unified, we request that they all be sought out and collected. It is our hope that the Renshou era may long endure, the dharma teachings may be complete, all living beings may be fortunate, and the benefits may be boundless. Compiled into five fascicles, they are set forth below. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2147.1.2) - [Next: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2147.1.4) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2147.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2147~en-mt.1.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [貞元新定釋教目錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2157.10.28.5) — 圓照, Classical Chinese - [開元釋教錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2154.7.11.5) — 智昇, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2147.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2147.1.3) · Pramāṇa