開元釋教錄 5.5.6

5.5.6

In the tenth year [of Yuanjia], a guiyou year, he walked across the shifting sands and arrived in Jianye. His bearing was grand and austere, and both clergy and laity respected and marveled at him. All venerated and served him, styling him "Tripiṭaka Master." Earlier, in the first year of Jingping, the magistrate of Pinglu, Xu Sang, had renounced his residence to establish a monastery, which was consequently named Pinglu Temple. Later, Huiguan of Daochang Temple, regarding [Guṇa]varman's practice of the Way as pure and complete, invited him to dwell in this temple, providing him with generous offerings to manifest his virtue. [Guṇa]varman, together with Huiguan, erected a three-storied stupa; their practice of the Way and their chanting continued day and night without cease. The monastic assembly gathered, and the propagation of the Way spread abroad. Earlier, the Tripiṭaka Master had deeply comprehended the vinaya categories and was about to confer full ordination again upon the nun Huiguo and others of Yingfu Temple. At that time, the two assemblies were not yet complete, and the Tripiṭaka Master passed away. Soon after, the bhikṣuṇī Tessarā and others from Siṃhala arrived. The assembly then jointly requested [Guṇa]varman to act as their master and continue the tradition of the Tripiṭaka Master. Huiyi of Zhihuan Temple, who had a prominent reputation in Yangdu, regarded this as an irregular novelty. Maintaining a divergent view, he personally engaged in back-and-forth debates with [Guṇa]varman to oppose him. [Guṇa]varman set forth the tenets and elucidated the teachings; his reasoning was clear, correct, and fair. Huiyi thereupon turned away from his obstinacy and narrowness, submitting wholeheartedly with admiration. He then led his disciples to embrace the teachings and receive the precepts from him. The monks and nuns who received them numbered several hundred. Prince Yikang of Pengcheng of the Song honored his disciplinary model, lavishly arranging vegetarian feasts and offerings for the four assemblies, so grand and splendid that the entire capital turned out. Soon after, the eminent and virtuous senior monk Huiguan and others, knowing that [Guṇa]varman had a wondrous understanding of the *Saṃyuktābhidharmahṛdaya-śāstra* and was thoroughly fluent in reciting it—which the previous Tripiṭaka Master had translated but not yet copied out in full—gathered scholars at Changgan Temple in the ninth month of the eleventh year to formally request him to bring it forth again. Baoyun translated the words, and Huiguan personally transcribed them in brush. After rigorous collating and thorough examination, it was completed only after a full year. In succession, he translated five works in all, such as the *Mātṛkā*. [Guṇa]varman's aspiration was to travel and transform beings, not lingering in any single place. Once the work of translating the scriptures was finished, he intended to return to his native land. Though the multitude all entreated him, none could detain him. In the nineteenth year of Yuanjia, he boarded a merchant ship from the Western Regions and returned to foreign lands; no one knows where his end came.
*Śrīmālādevī-siṃhanāda-eka-yāna-mahāvaipulya-upāya-nirdeśa-sūtra*, one fascicle (Second translation; same text as the "Meeting of Lady Śrīmālā" in the *Ratnakūṭa*, etc. Translated on the fourteenth day of the eighth month, the thirteenth year of Yuanjia, in Danyang Commandery; Baoyun interpreted the words, and Huiguan recorded them in brush. Recorded in the catalogues of Daohui, Sengyou, Li Kuo, and others.)
*Mahāvaipulya-ratnakaraṇḍa-sūtra*, three fascicles (Fourth translation; also in two fascicles; same text as the *Mañjuśrī-ratnagarbha-sūtra*, etc. Recorded in Li Kuo's catalogue.)
*Saṃdhinirmocana-bhūmi-pāramitā-nītārtha-sūtra*, one fascicle (Or in two fascicles; also named *Jietuo liaoyi jing*, or simply *Xiangxu jietuo jing*. Translated at Dong'an Temple. These are the last two chapters of the *Saṃdhinirmocana-sūtra*. Recorded in four catalogues: Daohui, Sengyou, Li Kuo, and Fashang. The *Gaoseng zhuan* states that it was translated in Jingzhou.)
*Laṅkāvatāra-ratna-sūtra*, four fascicles (Second translation. Translated in the twentieth year of Yuanjia at Daochang Temple; Huiguan recorded it in brush. Same text as the *Ru Lengqie* and the *Dacheng ru Lengqie jing*, etc. Recorded in the catalogues of Daohui, Sengyou, Fashang, and others. The *Gaoseng zhuan* states that it was translated in Danyang Commandery.)
*Bodhisattvacaryā-upāyaviṣaya-ṛddhivikurvaṇa-sūtra*, three fascicles (First translation; same text as the *Mahāsatyakanirgrantha-sūtra*; sometimes without the word *jingjie*. Recorded in Li Kuo's catalogue.)
*Laomu nü liuying jing*, one fascicle (Also named *Laomu jing*. Third translation; same text as the *Laonüren jing*, etc. Fei Zhangfang notes it is found in the *Bielu*.)
*Shenri'er ben jing*, one fascicle (Or titled *Shen'er ben*. Third translation; same text as the *Candraprabha-kumāra-sūtra*, etc. Fei Zhangfang notes it is found in the *Bielu*. That catalogue's entry as *Shendou ben* is an error.)
*Anantamukha-nirhāra-dhāraṇī-sūtra*, one fascicle (Or titled *Chu wuliangmenchi jing*. Sixth translation; same text as the *Wuliangmen weimi chi jing*, etc. Fei Zhangfang notes it is found in the *Bielu*. Fei's catalogue separately entering a *Chu wuliangmenchi jing* is an error.)
*Aṅgulimālīya-sūtra*, four fascicles (Translated at Daochang Temple. Recorded in the catalogues of Daohui, Sengyou, Fashang, and others. The *Gaoseng zhuan* states that it was translated at Xin Temple in Jingzhou.)
*Mahābherīhāraka-parivarta-sūtra*, two fascicles (Translated at Dong'an Temple. Recorded in four catalogues: Daohui, Sengyou, Li Kuo, and Fashang.)
*Dayi jing*, one fascicle (Fei Zhangfang notes it is found in the *Bielu*.)
*Dvādaśa-dhūta-sūtra*, one fascicle (Fei Zhangfang notes it is found in the *Bielu*.)
*Jyotiṣka-sūtra*, one fascicle (Fei Zhangfang notes it is found in the *Bielu*.)
*Saṃyuktāgama*, fifty fascicles (Translated at Waguan Temple; the Sanskrit manuscript was brought by Faxian. The *Gaoseng zhuan* states that it was produced at Zhihuan Temple. Recorded in Daohui's *Songqi lu* and Sengyou's catalogue.)
*Yingwu jing*, one fascicle (Also named *Doutiao jing*. Different translation extracted from fascicle forty-four of the *Madhyamāgama*. Fei Zhangfang notes it is found in the *Bielu*.)
*Pimoxu jing*, one fascicle (Different translation extracted from fascicle fifty-seven of the *Madhyamāgama*.)
*Sirin chuxian shijian jing*, one fascicle (Different translation extracted from fascicle eight of the *Ekottarikāgama*. Fei Zhangfang notes it is found in the *Bielu*.)
*Shisixiang sinian rulai jing*, one fascicle (Or titled *Shiyi siwei nian rulai jing*. First different translation extracted from fascicle forty-eight of the *Ekottarikāgama*. Fei Zhangfang notes it is found in the *Bielu*.)
*Asuda jing*, one fascicle (Third translation; same text as the *Yuye jing*, etc. Fei Zhangfang notes it is found in the *Bielu*.)
*Guoqu xianzai yinguo jing*, four fascicles (Produced at Xin Temple in Jingzhou. Sixth translation; same text as the *Xiuxing benqi*, *Ruiying benqi*, etc. Recorded in the catalogues of Shixing, Li Kuo, Sengyou, and others.)
*Mahākāśyapa-tāraṇa-daridramātṛ-sūtra*, one fascicle (Fei Zhangfang notes it is found in the *Bielu*.)
*Twelve Chapters of Birth and Death Sūtra*, one fascicle (Fei Zhangfang notes it is found in the *Bielu*.)
*Sūtra on Retribution of Sins and Blessings*, one fascicle (Also named *Sūtra on Retribution of Sins and Blessings in Transmigration through the Five Destinies*, also called *Sūtra on Transmigration through the Five Destinies*, also called *Sūtra of the Wheel of the Five Destinies*. Fei Zhangfang notes it is found in the *Bielu*.)
*Prakaraṇapāda-abhidharma-śāstra*, twelve fascicles (Or without the word *śāstra*. Co-translated with his disciple Bodhiyasas. First translation; same text as the Tang translation *Pinleizu lun*. Fei Zhangfang's catalogue does not mention where it was translated.)
*Sipin xuefa jing*, one fascicle (Or without the word *jing*. Fei Zhangfang notes it is found in the *Bielu*.)
*Piṇḍola-bhāradvāja-rājāvavāda-sūtra*, one fascicle (Also titled *Pindoluowei wang shuofa jing*. Fei Zhangfang notes it is found in the *Bielu*. Those above are extant; those hereafter are lost.)
*Ākāśagarbha-bodhisattva-sūtra*, one fascicle (Second translation; same text as the *Xukongzang jing* translated by Buddhayaśas of the Yao Qin. Fei Zhangfang notes it is found in the *Bielu*.)
*Anantanirdeśa-sūtra*, one fascicle (First translation; same text as that translated by Dharmagātayaśas of the Xiao Qi. Recorded in Li Kuo's catalogue.)
*Sarvadharmāpravṛtti-sūtra*, one fascicle (Second translation; same text as the two-fascicle translation by Kumārajīva and the *Zhufa benwu jing*. Fei Zhangfang notes it is found in the *Bielu*.)
*Shorter Amitāyus-sūtra*, one fascicle (Or without the word *shorter*. Second translation; same text as Kumārajīva's *Amituo* and the Tang translation *Chengzan jingtu*. Translated during the Xiaojian era. Also named *Amituo*. Recorded in the two catalogues of Daohui and Sengyou. The *Gaoseng zhuan* states that it was produced in Jingzhou. Fei Zhangfang's catalogue erroneously maintaining a separate entry for the *Amituo jing*.)