古今譯經圖紀 4.36

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洋川郡守曇法智。梵名達摩波若。婆羅門種。門世已來相傳翻譯。高齊之季為昭玄寺都統。齊國既平佛法同毀。智因僧職轉任俗官。策授洋州洋川郡守。隋文皇帝以開皇二年歲次壬寅。勅召智還使譯經。於大興善寺。翻業報差別經（一卷）。智既妙善隋梵二言無勞傳語。成都釋智鉉筆受。

The Governor of Yangchuan Commandery, Tan Fazhi, Sanskrit name Dharmaprajñā, was of brāhmaṇa lineage. For generations his family had handed down the art of translation. At the end of the Northern Qi he was the Chief Controller of Zhaoxuan Monastery. After the Qi state was subjugated, the Buddha-Dharma was destroyed along with it. Zhi, on account of his clerical office, was transferred to a secular post, being appointed Governor of Yangchuan Commandery in Yang Prefecture. In the second year of Kaihuang, the cyclical year Renyin, Emperor Wen of the Sui issued an imperial decree summoning Zhi back to have him translate scriptures. At Daxingshan Monastery he translated: the Karmavibhaṅga Sūtra (1 fascicle). Since Zhi was supremely proficient in both the Sui and Sanskrit languages, there was no need for interpreters. Śākya Zhixuan of Chengdu served as scribe.