[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) › [大唐內典錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2149) › 3.20 # 大唐內典錄 3.20 大唐內典錄 3.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2149.3.20) 序曰。沮渠蒙遜臨松盧水胡也。代為北匈奴左大。沮渠即官為氏。因藉前涼改業所基。至晉安帝隆安五年歲在辛丑。自號北涼。改元承乾。至十二年。從於姑臧改元玄始。遇曇無懺法師。翻譯大部弘扇佛教。即宋武之初運也。初遜奉懺欽重難倫。元魏聞懺道術將延東謁。遜懼懺為魏設計。或反西圖。執固不許。懺知遜情便辭西出求經。又知業期將及。詐為行調累以終事。既爾果行。遜忿之令刺客於路害懺。古人諺曰。知識相逢不吉則凶。斯言可錄。於後遜行虐己心愧其事。白日見鬼以劍刺之遂崩。二主四十三年。為魏所滅。凡譯經道俗九人。所出三十二部。二百六十六卷。并失譯經。為北涼之錄。 > Preface: Juqu Mengxun was a Hu tribesman of Lushui in Linxong. For generations his clan served as the Left Grand \[Commander\] of the Northern Xiongnu; 'Juqu' was an official title taken as a surname. Relying upon the foundations of the Former Liang, he transformed the dynastic enterprise. In the fifth year of Long'an under Emperor An of the Jin, the xinchou year, he styled his state Northern Liang and changed the reign title to Chengqian. In the twelfth year, from Guzang, he changed the reign title to Xuanshi. He encountered the Dharma Master Dharmakṣema, who translated great works and broadly fanned the Buddha's teachings; this was at the beginning of the reign of Emperor Wu of the Song. At first, Mengxun revered and esteemed Dharmakṣema beyond compare. When the Northern Wei heard of Dharmakṣema's religious arts and was about to invite him east for an audience, Mengxun feared that Dharmakṣema might devise strategies for the Wei or turn west to plot against him, and stubbornly refused to permit it. Dharmakṣema, knowing Mengxun's intentions, took leave to head west in search of scriptures; moreover, knowing that his karmic span was near its end, he pretended to make preparations for the journey, burdening himself to conclude his life's affairs. When he indeed departed, Mengxun in anger sent assassins to murder Dharmakṣema along the road. The ancients had a proverb: 'When men of knowledge meet, if not auspicious, it brings disaster.' These words are worthy of record! Afterwards, Mengxun's conduct turned cruel, and his own heart felt guilt over this deed; in broad daylight he saw a ghost pierce him with a sword, and he thereupon expired. Two rulers over forty-three years, before being destroyed by the Wei. In all, there were nine translators, both monastics and householders, who produced thirty-two works in 266 fascicles, which, along with the scriptures of lost translators, constitute the catalogue of the Northern Liang. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2149.3.19) - [Next: 3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2149.3.21) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2149.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2149~en-mt.3.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2149.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2149.3.20) · Pramāṇa