大唐內典錄 3.22

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Karuṇāpuṇḍarīka-sūtra, 10 fascicles (found in an ancient catalogue; seems to be an earlier translation that Daogong further edited and revised);
Bao liang jing (Ratnarāśi-sūtra), 2 fascicles (found in Zhu Daozu's Hexi Catalogue).
The above two works, total 12 fascicles. During the reign of Emperor An of Jin, the śramaṇa Shi Daogong produced them in Zhangye for the King of Hexi of the Juqu clan.
Great Vaipulya Daṇḍadhāraṇī-sūtra, 4 fascicles (also called Fangdeng tuoluoni jing).
The above was translated during the reign of Emperor An of Jin by the śramaṇa Shi Fazhong of Gaochang Commandery in Zhangye for the King of Hexi of the Juqu clan; found in Zhu Daozu's Miscellaneous Catalogue of the Jin Era.
Huishang pusa wen da shanquan jing (Sūtra of the Question of the Bodhisattva Jñānottara on Great Skill in Means), 2 fascicles (second translation; same text as the Shanquan fangbian jing translated by Dharmarakṣa; found in the Shixing Catalogue; one title is Da shanquan jing, another is Dacheng fangbian jing, another is Huishang pusa jing; altogether five titles, all representing the same original text).
The above was produced during the reign of Emperor An of Jin by the Western Regions śramaṇa Saṅghada—translated into Liang language as Raoshan ('Abundant Goodness')—in Zhangye for the King of Hexi of the Juqu clan; found in Fashang's catalogue.
Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra, 40 fascicles (produced in Guzang beginning in the third year of Xuanshi and completed in the tenth year; this sūtra originally comprised 35,000 verses, but in Liang it was reduced by a million words, and now stands at just over 10,000 verses, only one-third of the whole; found in Daozu's Liang Catalogue);
Mahāvaipulya Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, 31 fascicles (second translation; slightly differing in length from the Han translation of 27 fascicles and Kumārajīva's translation of 30 fascicles, sometimes appearing in 29 or 32 fascicles; because it was copied before being properly collated, variants arose among the copies; this has now been verified by comparison; found in Daozu's catalogue);
Karuṇāpuṇḍarīka-sūtra, 10 fascicles (second translation; found in Daozu's Hexi Catalogue; also, ancient catalogues record that Daogong had already produced this; although the years differ, both were produced in the Liang era; it is suspected that the earlier translation was inadequate, hence the two differing versions, appearing in fact to be a retranslation);
Bodhisattvabhūmi-dhāra-sūtra, 10 fascicles (sometimes called a śāstra; also in 8 fascicles; found in Daozu's Hexi Catalogue);
Upāsakaśīla-sūtra, 10 fascicles (produced inside Liang city on the 22nd day of the second month in the first year of Yongxuan; more than 500 monastics and laypeople listened together; the śramaṇa Daotai recorded it with the brush; sometimes in 6 fascicles; the size is not fixed);
Bodhisattva Precepts Sūtra, 8 fascicles;
Vaipulya Mahāmegha-sūtra, 6 fascicles (also called Fangdeng dayun wuxiang, Dayun wuxiang, or Dayun mizang; produced at the Neiyuan Monastery in Liang; found in Sengrui's Catalogue of the Two Qin and Li Kuo's catalogue; also recorded in the Wu Catalogue);
Ākāśagarbha Bodhisattva Sūtra, 5 fascicles (second translation; from the same source in the Mahāsaṃnipāta as the Fangdeng wang xukongzang jing translated by Shengjian of Western Qin);
Buddhacarita-sūtra, 5 fascicles (second translation);
Suvarṇaprabhāsa-sūtra, 4 fascicles (first translation, in 18 chapters; found in Daozu's Hexi Catalogue);
Sāgaranāgarāja-sūtra, 4 fascicles (produced in the seventh year of Xuanshi; second translation, from the same original as Dharmarakṣa's version; found in Daozu's Hexi Catalogue);
Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra, 4 fascicles;
Xinshan jing (Sūtra of Believing in Goodness), 2 fascicles (also called Shan nü jing; Sengyou marks it as doubtful);
Wuwei dao jing (Sūtra of the Unconditioned Way), 2 fascicles (noted by contemporaries as doubtful);
Śrīmālādevī-sūtra (also called Śrīmālā-siṃhanāda-ekayāna-mahāvaipulya-sūtra);
Luomojia jing (Rāmaka-sūtra?), 1 fascicle (second translation; differs in length from the three-fascicle version produced by An Faxian in the Wei era);
Xuzhen tianzi jing (Sūtra of the Devaputra Sucinti) (found in the Wu Catalogue; also said to have been retranslated by Master Kumārajīva);
Jushi qingseng futian jing (Householder's Sūtra on Inviting the Saṅgha for the Field of Merit) (found in the Bie lu; Sengyou marks it as doubtful);
Sūtra of King Mandhātṛ;
Gongdebao yiguang pusa jing (Sūtra of the Bodhisattva Merit-Treasure Single-Light);
Sūtra of the Girl in the Womb Listening to the Dharma (also called Bu zhuangjiao nü);
Jueding zuifu jing (Sūtra on Determining Sins and Blessings);
Bodhisattva Prātimokṣa (second translation);
Bodhisattva Precept Altar Liturgy (also called Upāsaka Precept Altar Liturgy; found in Baochang's catalogue).
The above twenty-four works, total 151 fascicles. During the reign of Emperor An of Jin, the Tripiṭaka master Dharmakṣema (also transcribed Wuchan; translated into Liang language as Fafeng ['Abundant Dharma']) of Central India brought the first section of ten fascicles of the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra together with the Bodhisattva Precepts and other texts to Guzang, where he stayed at an inn. Fearing the loss of his manuscripts, he slept using them as a pillow. At night, someone pulled Dharmakṣema onto the floor. Awakening with a start, he thought it was a thief. When this occurred for three consecutive nights, he heard a voice in the sky say: 'This is the treasury of the Tathāgata's liberation; why do you pillow yourself upon it?' Dharmakṣema was ashamed, came to his senses, and placed them in a high spot. Sure enough, thieves came; that night they tried repeatedly to lift them but could not budge them at all. The next morning, when Dharmakṣema carried them, he did not find them heavy. Believing him to be a holy man, the thieves all came to bow and apologize. Juqu Mengxun, having usurped authority over the Liang territory and proclaimed himself King of Hexi, heard of Dharmakṣema's virtuous reputation and summoned him to an audience. Meeting face-to-face, he treated him with great courtesy and subsequently requested him to promulgate translations. The outstanding local śramaṇa Huisong personally received the words with the brush. Several hundred monastics and laypeople of the western province joyfully witnessed his brilliance, debating and questioning him from all sides. Dharmakṣema resolved all doubts and impediments with clear eloquence like flowing water. He proceeded to produce various sūtras, including the Bao fang, totaling more than six hundred thousand words—only one-third of the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra. Tracing and searching back and forth over eight years through three translations, it was finally completed. Although it consists of forty fascicles, much is still lacking. It was hoped that the Dharma King would be propagated to full completeness, so that once having beheld the perfect teaching, its transformation might flourish once again. (The Liang translations were concluded in the second year of Yongchu of Emperor Wu of Song.)
Chanfa yaojie (Essential Explanations of Meditation Methods), 2 fascicles.
The above work was produced during the reign of Emperor An of Jin by Mengxun's paternal cousin, Jingsheng, the Marquis of Anyang. He was a man of vast erudition who was well-read in the classics and histories. Because Dharmakṣema propagated the sūtras, he turned his interest to the Buddhist scriptures, upholding the five precepts and guarding the six senses. Whenever he requested Dharmakṣema to translate a sūtra, he was able to chant and recite it immediately. Travelling west to Khotan, he consulted on doctrinal principles with the Indian Tripiṭaka meditation master Buddhasena (translated into Liang language as Fojiang ['Buddha's General']). Buddhasena was endowed with exceptional intelligence, had memorized fifty million verses of scriptures, and clearly understood meditation methods; hence the various kingdoms of the Western Regions called him the 'Lion among Men'. Anyang studied the essential techniques of meditation under him, chanted the Indic texts by heart, and returned to Liang to translate and circulate them. Later he crossed the Yangtze River southward; his deeds are recorded in a separate biography.
Abhidharma-vibhāṣā, 60 fascicles.
The above was composed more than six hundred years after the Buddha's parinirvāṇa by five hundred arhat disciples of Kātyāyana; found in Baochang's catalogue. During the reign of Emperor Wen of Song, the Western Regions śramaṇa Buddhavarman (also transcribed Fotuo; translated into Liang language as Juekai ['Armour of Awakening']) translated it for Mengxun's son Qian at the Xianyu Palace Monastery inside Liang city in the fifth year of Chenghe. The śramaṇa Daotai received it with the brush. Huisong, Daolang, and more than three hundred monks of renowned virtue checked and verified the text and meaning, taking two full years to complete it, making one hundred rolls in all. The śramaṇa Daoting composed a preface. It coincided with the Northern Wei destroying the Northern Liang, and the scriptures were burned, losing thirty fascicles. Up to the present there should be sixty fascicles, which is correct; yet Wang Zong's catalogue says one hundred, which is based on the original total. Today, there are 109 fascicles in circulation, which must be due to divisions made by later persons in recent times.
Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra, 20 fascicles.
The above was brought during the reign of Emperor Wen of Song by the śramaṇa Shi Zhimeng of Yongzhou, who travelled through the Western Regions in search of rare sūtras and brought Indic manuscripts back from India. Passing through Yumen, he translated it in Liangzhou. In the fourteenth year of Yuanjia, it circulated to the capital Yangdu; recorded together with Faxian in the Song-Qi Catalogue.
Xianyu jing (Damamūkanidāna-sūtra), 15 fascicles.
The above was brought during the reign of Emperor Wen of Song by the śramaṇa Shi Tanjue (also called Huijue) of Liangzhou, who along with the saṅgha's Weide obtained the Indic manuscript of this sūtra in Khotan. In the twenty-second year of Yuanjia, it was translated at the Tian'an Monastery in the state of Gaochang; found in the Song-Qi Catalogue.
Da renru jing (Great Forbearance Sūtra), 10 fascicles;
Bu tuizhuan jing (Avaivartika-sūtra), 4 fascicles (also called Butuizhuan falun);
Vajrasamādhi-sūtra;
Jin lunwang jing (Golden Cakravartin Sūtra);
Names of the Five Hundred Buddhas of the Bhadrakalpa.
The above five works, total 17 fascicles, were newly compiled by the śramaṇa Sengyou from Shi Dao'an's record of miscellaneous sūtras in the Liang region. They are now returned to and incorporated into the Liang era catalogue as texts with lost translator attributions, so that the era may be known, the existence of translators clarified, and the number of fascicles, works, and places of origin clearly presented.
Mahāyānāvatāra-śāstra, 2 fascicles (composed by the Bodhisattva Sthiramati).
The above one work was translated in the Northern Liang era by Shi Daotai; found in the old Tang catalogue.