開元釋教錄 1.17.2

1.17.2

Neicang bai bao jing, one fascicle (also called Neicang bai pin; first translation; slightly different from the translation by [An] Shigao; Master [Dao]an states it comes from the Vaipulya section; seen in Sengyou's catalogue);
Wenzhushili wen pusa shu jing, one fascicle (also called simply Wen shu jing; seen in Sengyou's catalogue and the Wu Catalogue; Master [Dao]an states it comes from the Vaipulya section);
Za piyu jing, one fascicle (eleven stories in all; [Seng]you states it is an anonymous translation; [Fei Chang]fang states it appears in the Bie lu; the above are extant, the below are lost);
Da fangdeng daji jing, twenty-seven fascicles (first translation; same text as that produced by Dharmakṣema and others; seen in Li Kuo's catalogue);
Banzhou sanmei jing, one fascicle (this is a retranslation of the latter ten chapters; [Seng]you has this one fascicle, not the three-fascicle version; seen in Jingtai's catalogue; some add the word "Da"; third translation; [Seng]you's catalogue states it was produced on the eighth day of the tenth month of the second year of Guanghe);
Fan ban nihuan jing, two fascicles (or one fascicle; first translation; same text as the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra and others; seen in Zhu Shixing's Han Catalogue and Sengyou's catalogue; formerly said Hu ban, newly emended to Fan);
Xiangye jing, one fascicle (first translation; seen in Fashang's catalogue);
Zhu fa yongwang jing, one fascicle (first translation; seen in Fashang's catalogue);
Guangming sanmei jing, one fascicle (first translation; [Seng]you states it appears in the Bie lu; absent from [Dao]an's catalogue; [Fei Chang]fang states it also appears in the Wu Catalogue);
Boben jing, two fascicles (first translation; seen in Sengyou's catalogue);
Shoulengyan jing, two fascicles (produced on the eighth day of the second month of the third year of Zhongping; first translation; also said to be three fascicles; seen in Zhu Shixing's Han Catalogue, Sengyou's catalogue, and the Wu Catalogue);
Da fangbian bao'en jing, one fascicle (seen in the Wu Catalogue);
Ajashili wang wen wu ni jing, one fascicle (also called Ajashili wang jing; first translation; seen in [Fei Chang]fang's catalogue);
Chan jing, one fascicle (first translation; [Fei Chang]fang states it appears in the Bie lu);
Ayuwang taizi huaimu yinyuan jing, one fascicle (produced only over one hundred years after the Buddha's nirvāṇa by King Aśoka, hence not the Buddha's preaching; some lack the word jing; first translation; seen in [Fei Chang]fang's catalogue).
The above twenty-three works in sixty-seven fascicles (eleven works in twenty-six fascicles up to the Za piyu jing are extant; twelve works in forty-one fascicles down from the Daji jing are lost texts).
Śramaṇa Lokakṣema, also simply called Zhi Chen, was a native of the country of Yuezhi. His conduct was pure and profound, and his nature and capacity broad and perceptive. Receiving and holding the monastic rules and precepts, he was renowned for diligence. Chanting the various sūtras, his intention was to propagate the Dharma. During the reigns of Huan and Ling, he traveled to Luoyang. From the first year of Jianhe under Emperor Huan (dinghai) to the third year of Zhongping under Emperor Ling (bingyin), he translated twenty-three works, including the Daoxing [bore boluomi jing], in Luoyang. He accurately captured the original purport, never adding embellishment; he may truly be called a gentleman of propagating the essentials of the Dharma and broadening the Way. Meng Fu and Zhang Lian, pure-faith upāsakas from Henan, took down his words with the brush. As for the earlier translation saying "Hu ban nihuan," this writer privately considers it questionable. Whenever virtuous scribes of past eras who took down translations with the brush came to rendering language, they without exception called it "translating Hu into Han." "Hu" refers to the peripheral customs around the Five Indias, like the Di and Qiang of this land. Now calling them "Hu"—how can this pertain to India? It is as divergent as Chu and Yue. Can one not scrutinize this? All sūtras spoken by the Buddha ought properly to be called "Fan" (Brahma) texts. "Fan" here means "purity." Formerly, at the beginning of the kalpa, [devas from] the Ābhāsvara Heaven in the Brahma World descended. Those in that land who ate the earth's fat grew heavy in body and could no longer return; they consequently became humans, who were the original ancestors of the Five Indias. Their designations were established according to that heavenly title. If they are called "Hu," from what principle could that derive? But their calling it "Fan language" is just like this land speaking of "Han speech": there was a basis for it, and it was no error. For example, monks of old all bore their secular surnames. Beginning in the Fu Qin era, there was the śramaṇa Dao'an, who stood alone and preeminent in his day, naturally transcendent and enlightened, who stated: "Having shaved our heads and succeeded Śākya, if the sons bear a different surname from their father, how can that be called succession? From now on, all who go forth should take the surname Shi." When the four Āgamas were translated, their text indeed stated: "When the four castes go forth, they belong to the single Śākya clan." The multitude all submitted in admiration. (The four castes are: first, kṣatriya; second, brāhmaṇa; third, vaiśya; fourth, śūdra.) Yet [Dao]an, living right in the era of Jin and Qin, catalogued and settled the bibliographies and annotated the various sūtras, calling himself "Filling Heaven" and a model for later generations, still spoke of "translating Hu into Qin" and the "five losses and three difficulties." This was perhaps a single blind spot of a master, not completely perfect. Wherever past eras have had the word "Hu," it is now uniformly emended to the character "Fan," hoping to avoid errors and allow discussants to attain correctness.
Furthermore, in the translations attributed to Zhi Chen in [Fei Chang]fang's and other catalogues, there is also the Da baoji jing in one fascicle. Since it is the same text as the Fo yi ri moni bao jing, it should not be listed again. Moreover, examining the phrasing, it was not translated by [Zhi] Chen; the Bie lu lists it as an anonymous translation. Now taking the Bie lu as authoritative, it is removed from [Zhi] Chen's catalogue.
Dacheng fangdeng yaohui jing, one fascicle (first translation; same text as the assembly on Maitreya's Inquiry on Eight Dharmas in the Ratnakūṭa; seen in [Fei Chang]fang's catalogue);
Taizi Mopo jing, one fascicle (first translation; an alternate translation from the Liudu ji; seen in [Fei Chang]fang's catalogue);
Zhangzhe zi Zhi jing, one fascicle (also named Zhi jing; first translation; same text as the Shi tongzi jing and others; seen in [Fei Chang]fang's catalogue);
Baoji sanmei Wenshu wen fashen jing, one fascicle (also named Yiri baoji sanmei Wenshushili pusa wen fashen jing; first translation; same text as the Ru fajie tixing jing; seen in [Fei Chang]fang's catalogue);
Zishi sanmei jing, one fascicle (a note below the title reads: "Fourth chapter, 'Solitary Realization', extracted from the Biqiu jingxing; first translation; largely identical with minor differences from the version produced by Dharmarakṣa; seen in [Fei Chang]fang's catalogue);
Wenshi xiyu zhong seng jing, one fascicle (also called simply Wenshi jing; first translation; seen in [Fei Chang]fang's catalogue);
Mingdu wushi jiaoji jing, two fascicles (or simply Mingdu jiaoji, also simply Wushi jiaoji; produced in the first year of Yuanjia; seen in Zhu Shixing's Han Catalogue and Sengyou's catalogue);
Foyin sanmei jing, one fascicle (seen in [Fei Chang]fang's catalogue);
Ba daren jue jing, one fascicle (seen in Baochang's catalogue);
Shelifo huiguo jing, one fascicle (also called simply Huiguo jing; first translation; seen in [Fei Chang]fang's catalogue);
Ren ben yu sheng jing, one fascicle (produced in the second year of Yongjia; alternate translation of the tenth fascicle of the Dīrghāgama; annotated by Dao'an; seen in Zhu Shixing's Han Catalogue and Sengyou's catalogue);
Shijialuoyue liu xiang bai jing, one fascicle (also called Shijialuoyue liu fang li jing; alternate translation of the eleventh fascicle of the Dīrghāgama; seen in [Fei Chang]fang's catalogue);
Chang ahan shi bao fa jing, two fascicles (also named Duo zeng dao zhang jing, or simply Shi bao jing; alternate translation of the ninth fascicle of the Dīrghāgama; the old catalogues also state it is from the Dīrghāgama; seen in Sengyou's catalogue);
Yiqie liu she shou yin jing, one fascicle (alternate translation of the second fascicle of the Madhyamāgama; the old catalogues say Yiqie liu she jing; the Wu Catalogue says Liu she