古今譯經圖紀 3.13

3.13

沙門佛馱耶舍。此云覺名。罽賓國人。操行貞白戒節堅固。儀止祥淑視瞻不凡。五明四韋之論。三藏十二之典。特悟深致流辯無滯。以姚秦弘始年達于姑臧。什先師之勸興往邀。興即勅迎并有贈遺。笑而不受曰。明旨既降便應載馳。檀越待士既厚。脫如羅什見處未敢聞命。重使敦喻方至長安。興自出迎。別立新省於逍遙園四事供養並皆不受。時至分衛一食而已。耶舍為人赤髭善毘婆沙。時人號為赤髭毘婆沙。什既師之亦稱大毘婆沙師。興凡所供給衣服臥具滿三間屋不以關心。興為貨之造寺。耶舍自姚秦弘始五年歲次壬寅創譯。至十五年歲次壬子。譯長阿含經（二十二卷）。虛空藏菩薩神呪經（一卷）。四分戒本（一卷）。四分律（四十五卷）。四部合六十九卷。解座興施布絹萬匹悉皆不受。竺佛念等筆受。

The śramaṇa Buddhayaśas—translated here as Jueming ("Awakened Fame")—was a native of Jibin. His conduct was chaste and pure, and his discipline in the precepts steadfast. His deportment was auspicious and gentle, and his gaze extraordinary. In the treatises of the pañcavidyā and four Vedas, and in the scriptures of the Tripiṭaka and the twelve divisions, he had an exceptional understanding of the profound purports, and his eloquence flowed without obstruction. In the Hongshi era of the Yao Qin, he arrived in Guzang. [Kumāra]jīva, having previously studied under him, urged [Yao] Xing to invite him. [Yao] Xing then ordered that he be welcomed and sent gifts; [Buddha]yaśas smiled and declined them, saying, "Now that the clear decree has descended, I ought to travel with speed. But the dānapati treats scholars so generously that if I were to be treated like [Kumāra]jīva, I dare not heed the command." Only after [Yao Xing] repeatedly sent envoys with earnest exhortations did he arrive in Chang'an. [Yao] Xing went out in person to welcome him and established a separate new lodge for him in Xiaoyao Garden. The four requisites of support were offered, all of which he declined; when the time came, he only gathered alms (piṇḍapāta) for a single meal. [Buddha]yaśas had a red beard and was adept in the Vibhāṣā; people of the time called him the "Red-bearded Vibhāṣā." As [Kumāra]jīva had studied under him, he also called him the Great Vibhāṣā Master. All the clothing and bedding supplied by [Yao] Xing filled three rooms, but he paid them no attention; [Yao] Xing sold them to build a monastery. Beginning his translations in the fifth year of the Hongshi era of the Yao Qin, the cyclical year renyin, and continuing until the fifteenth year, the cyclical year renzi, [Buddha]yaśas translated: the Chang ahan jing (twenty-two fascicles), the Xukongzang pusa shenzhou jing (one fascicle), the Sifen jieben (one fascicle), and the Sifen lü (forty-five fascicles); in total, four works comprising sixty-nine fascicles. When the translation assembly was concluded, [Yao] Xing bestowed ten thousand bolts of cloth and silk, none of which he accepted. Zhu Fonian and others served as scribes.