古今譯經圖紀 4.21

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沙門波羅末陀。此言真諦。亦云拘那羅陀。此曰親依。西印度優禪尼國人。景行澄明器宇清肅。風神爽拔悠然自遠。群藏廣部罔不措懷。藝術異解偏素諳練。歷遊諸國隨機利現。以梁武帝泰清二年歲次戊辰。現帝於寶雲殿。帝勅譯經。即以泰清二年譯。承聖三年歲次甲戌。於正觀寺譯金光明經（七卷）。彌勒下生經（一卷）。仁王般若經（一卷）。十七地論（五卷）。大乘起信論（一卷）。中論（一卷）。如實論（一卷）。十八部論（一卷）。大涅槃經本有今無偈論（一卷）。三世分別論（一卷）。總一十部合二十卷。屬侯景紛糺。乃適豫章始興南康等。雖復栖遑譯業無輟。即汎舶西歸。業風賦命飄還廣州。屬廣州刺史穆國公歐陽頠延住制旨寺請譯經論。自陳永定元年歲次丙子。訖陳泰建元年己丑歲。更譯佛阿毘曇經（九卷）。無上依經（二卷）。解節經（一卷）。金剛般若經（一卷）。廣義法門經（一卷）。僧淴多律（一卷）。修禪定法（一卷）。俱舍釋論（二十二卷）。俱舍論本（十六卷）。攝大乘論（一十五卷）立世阿毘曇論（一十卷）。佛性論（四卷）。四諦論（四卷）。僧佉論（三卷）。攝大乘論本（三卷）。大空論（三卷）。中邊分別論（三卷）。金七十論（二卷）。俱舍論偈（一卷）。金剛般若論（一卷）。律二十二明了論（一卷）。大涅槃經論（一卷）。遺教論（一卷）。三無性論（二卷）。反質論（一卷）。墮負論（一卷）。求那摩底隨相論（一卷）。寶行王正論（一卷）。成就三乘論（一卷）。十八空論（一卷）。思塵論（一卷）。解捲論（一卷）。正說道理論（一卷）。意業論（一卷）。部異執論（一卷）。唯識論文義合（一卷）。正論釋義（五卷）。佛性義（三卷）。禪定義（一卷）。婆藪槃豆傳（一卷）。梁陳二代總譯五十部合一百四十九卷。沙門惠愷筆受。然諦或鋪坐具加趺水中。若乘舟而濟岸。接對使君。而坐具無濕。或以荷藉水乘之而度。如斯神異其例甚多。

The śramaṇa Paramārtha, translated as "Ultimate Truth", also named Kulanātha, translated as "Dear Reliance", was a native of Ujjayinī in Western India. His noble conduct was clear and pure, his capacity and demeanor dignified and grave. His spirit was aloof and exceptional, untroubled and naturally distant. He took all of the various canons and vast scriptures into his mind, and was particularly versed and practiced in the arts, sciences, and diverse doctrines. He traveled throughout various kingdoms, manifesting benefit according to capacities. In the second year of the Taiqing era of Emperor Wu of the Liang, the year wuchen [548 CE], he appeared before the emperor in the Baoyun Hall. The emperor ordered him to translate scriptures. In that second year of the Taiqing era, he translated; and in the third year of the Chengsheng era, the year jiaxu [554 CE], at Zhengguan Monastery, he translated: the Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra (seven fascicles), the Mile xiasheng jing (one fascicle), the Renwang bore jing (one fascicle), the Shiqi di lun (five fascicles), the Dacheng qixin lun (one fascicle), the Zhong lun (one fascicle), the Rushi lun (one fascicle), the Shiba bu lun (one fascicle), the Da niepan jing benyou jinwu ji lun (one fascicle), and the San shi fenbie lun (one fascicle)—altogether ten works, totaling twenty fascicles. Meeting with the turmoil caused by Hou Jing, he departed for Yuzhang, Shixing, Nankang, and other areas. Although he was constantly on the move, his work of translation never ceased. He then boarded a ship to return west, but the wind of karmic destiny blew him back to Guangzhou. It happened that the governor of Guangzhou, Duke Mu Ouyang Wei, invited him to stay at Zhizhi Monastery and requested him to translate scriptures and treatises. From the first year of the Yongding era of the Chen, the year bingzi [556 CE], to the first year of the Taijian era, the year jiyou [569 CE], he further translated: the Fo apitan jing (nine fascicles), the Wushangyi jing (two fascicles), the Jiejie jing (one fascicle), the Jingang bore jing (one fascicle), the Guangyi famen jing (one fascicle), the Sengxiduo lü (one fascicle), the Xiu chanding fa (one fascicle), the Jushe shi lun (twenty-two fascicles), the Jushe lun ben (sixteen fascicles), the She dacheng lun (fifteen fascicles), the Lishi apitan lun (ten fascicles), the Foxing lun (four fascicles), the Sidi lun (four fascicles), the Sengqie lun (three fascicles), the She dacheng lun ben (three fascicles), the Dakong lun (three fascicles), the Zhongbian fenbie lun (three fascicles), the Jin qishi lun (two fascicles), the Jushe lun ji (one fascicle), the Jingang bore lun (one fascicle), the Lü ershier mingliao lun (one fascicle), the Da niepan jing lun (one fascicle), the Yijiao lun (one fascicle), the San wuxing lun (two fascicles), the Fanzhi lun (one fascicle), the Duofu lun (one fascicle), the Gunamati suixiang lun (one fascicle), the Baoxing wang zheng lun (one fascicle), the Chengjiu sansheng lun (one fascicle), the Shiba kong lun (one fascicle), the Sichen lun (one fascicle), the Jiejuan lun (one fascicle), the Zhenggshuo daoli lun (one fascicle), the Yiye lun (one fascicle), the Bu yizhi lun (one fascicle), the Weishi lun wenyi he (one fascicle), the Zhenglun shiyi (five fascicles), the Foxing yi (three fascicles), the Chanding yi (one fascicle), and the Posoupandou zhuan (one fascicle). Across the two dynasties of Liang and Chen, he translated a total of fifty works, in one hundred and forty-nine fascicles. The śramaṇa Huikai served as scribe. Paramārtha would sometimes spread his sitting-mat and sit cross-legged upon the water, crossing to the bank as though riding in a boat; when he greeted officials, the sitting-mat remained entirely dry. Or he would cross over by riding water using lotus pads as a mat. Miracles of this kind were manifold.