開元釋教錄 5.5.9

5.5.9

… [travel] provisions. Setting out from the northern lands, he journeyed far to the western regions. He first reached the kingdom of Henan, and then went forth from Haixi Commandery. Entering into the shifting sands, he arrived at Gaochang Commandery. Passing through various kingdoms such as Qiuci and Shule, he climbed ahead over the Congling and the Snow Mountains. The plank paths were treacherous and dangerous, impassable to donkeys and horses. The accumulated ice rose toweringly high, utterly devoid of grass or trees, and the mountains were full of miasma. Below was a great river, swift and rushing like an arrow. Ropes were bound between the flanks of the eastern and western mountains to form a bridge. The distance across was exceedingly far, and ten people would cross at a time. Upon reaching the other bank, they would raise smoke as a signal; only when those behind saw the smoke and knew that the former had crossed were they able to advance in turn. If for a long time they saw no smoke, they knew that a violent wind had blown against the ropes and the people had plunged into the river. Traveling through the Congling took three days before crossing, after which he again climbed the Snow Mountains. Overhanging cliffs stood sheer like walls, with no place to set one's feet. In the stone walls there were everywhere ancient peg-holes positioned opposite one another. Each person held four pegs: first pulling out a lower peg, one grasped an upper peg with the hand, taking turns in alternating them. Only after three days did they cross and arrive at flat ground. Waiting for and checking their companions, they had lost twelve men.

Advancing to the kingdom of Jibin, he paid homage to the Buddha's alms-bowl and stayed for over a year. Having finished studying Indic writing, he then understood the Indic language. He sought and obtained one copy of the Sanskrit text of the Guanyin shouji jing. Wu Jie and the other thirteen śramaṇas traveling with him went west to the Xintounati River (here called Lion's Mouth). Following the river westward, they entered the Yuezhi kingdom, paid homage to the Buddha's uṣṇīṣa-bone, and saw the white fly-whisk and wooden boat. Later, they reached the Shiliu Monastery south of Mount Danta, where more than three hundred resident monks studied the three vehicles mixed together. Wu Jie then stayed at this monastery and received the full precepts. Regarding the Indian śramaṇa Buddhottara (here meaning 'Awakened Savior'), the monks of that region said that he had already attained the fruits of the path. Wu Jie invited him to be his upādhyāya, and the Han śramaṇa Zhiding to be his ācārya. He spent the three-month summer retreat at the monastery. Then he again traveled north by day to Central Tianzhu. In vast and remote places, he regularly carried rock sugar as provisions. Of his eight companions, five died along the road; journeying together, they repeatedly passed through perils and thorns. Wu Jie constantly and single-mindedly concentrated his thoughts on the Guanyin jing he was carrying. Advancing into the wilds of the kingdom of Śrāvastī, he encountered a herd of mountain elephants. Wu Jie chanted [Guanyin's] name and took refuge; immediately a lion came forth from the forest, and the elephants fled in terror. Later, when crossing the Gaṅgā River, he again encountered a herd of wild oxen, roaring as they came, intending to harm the people. Wu Jie took refuge as before; soon a great vulture flew down, and the wild oxen scattered in fright, so that they were able to escape harm. That his sincere mind moved [the unseen] so that in danger he overcame and was saved was always like this. Later, in South Tianzhu, he boarded a ship, sailed across the sea, and reached Guangzhou. The events and traces he went through are separately recorded in his biography. In the final years of the Yuanjia era, he reached the capital at Jiankang, and personally proclaimed and translated one copy of the Guanyin shouji jing, which is now transmitted in the world. Afterwards it is not known how he ended.

Guan Mile pusa shangsheng Doushuaitian jing, one fascicle (also called Mile shangsheng jing; see the Song-Qi catalogues of Daohui and Sengyou's catalogue; Sengyou's catalogue says it was previously translated in Gaochang Commandery and later brought back).
Jianwang jing, one fascicle (first translation; also called Da xiao jianwang jing; same original as the Tang translation Shengjunwang jing and the Shengguang tianzi jing; Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue).
Zhi chanbing miyao jing, one fascicle (or called Zhi chanbing miyaofa, without the word jing, or called Chanyao mimi zhibing jing, or in two fascicles, stated to be extracted from the Za ahan; translated on the eighth day of the ninth month of the second year of Xiaojian at Zhuyuan Monastery, completed on the twenty-fifth day of that month; seen in the catalogues of Sengyou, Baochang, and others).
Jingfanwang niepan jing, one fascicle (sometimes with the character ban added; second translation; same original as the one produced by Faju; Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue).
Jinxue jing, one fascicle (or called Quanjin xuedao jing; second translation; same original as the one produced by Zhi Qian and others; Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue).
Baguanzhai jing, one fascicle (different translation; Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue).
Wu wufanfu jing, one fascicle (also titled Wu fanfu dayi jing, or with the character fu; Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue).
Fo da seng da jing, one fascicle (two sons' names; Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue).
Yeqi jing, one fascicle (Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue).
Moluowang jing, one fascicle (Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue).
Modaguo wang jing, one fascicle (Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue; sometimes without the characters guo wang).
Zhanduoyue guowang jing, one fascicle (sometimes without the characters guowang; Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue).
Wu kongbu shi jing, one fascicle (or called Wu kongbu jing; Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue).
Dizi si fusheng jing, one fascicle (or called Siwang gengsheng; Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue).
Jiaye jinjie jing, one fascicle (also titled Mohe biqiu jing, or titled Zhenwei shamen jing; second translation; Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue).
Pusa shi jing, one fascicle (fifth translation; same original as the Zhangzhezi zhi jing and others; Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue).
Zhongyin jing, one fascicle (Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue).
Guanshiyin guan jing, one fascicle (previously translated in Gaochang Commandery and brought back from there; seen in Sengyou's catalogue).
Bosinikuang sangmu jing, one fascicle (or called Bosinikuang jing; Sengyou says Boyanikuang; Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue; a different translation extracted from fascicle 18 of the Zengyi ahan).
Fomu ban niwan jing, one fascicle (translated in the second year of Xiaojian at Dinglin Upper Monastery on Mount Zhong; also titled Da'aidao ban niwan jing; seen in Sengyou's catalogue; a different translation extracted from fascicle 50 of the Zengyi ahan).
Dizi man wei Qiyu shu jing, one fascicle (also called Dizi wei Qiyu shu manjie yu dizi xidan jing; fourth translation; same original as the A'nan wen shi fo jixiong jing and others; Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue).
Zhangzhe Yinyue jing, one fascicle (second translation; same original as the one produced by Zhi Qian; Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue).
Wuku zhangju jing, one fascicle (second translation; same original as the one produced by Dharmarakṣa [Zhu Falan/Tanwulan]; Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue).
Fenhetanwang jing, one fascicle (second translation; same original as Zhu Luyan's Sanmojie jing; Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue).
Dizi shi fo jixiong jing, one fascicle (Sengyou says Dizi wen shi fo jixiong jing; Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue).
Shengsi bianshi jing, one fascicle (now suspected to be an alternate title for the Jianzheng jing in the canon; Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue).
Youposai wujie jing, one fascicle (also called Wuxiang jing; second translation; same original as the Wujie xiang jing; Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue).
Xianzhe lüyi jing, one fascicle (also called Weiyi; Fei Changfang says it is seen in the Classified Catalogue).
The twenty-eight works and twenty-eight fascicles above (the fifteen works and fifteen fascicles above the Jiaye jinjie jing are extant; the thirteen works and thirteen fascicles below the Pusa shi jing are lost texts).

The lay householder Juqu Jingsheng was the Marquis of Anyang and a cousin of Mengxun, the King of Hexi of the Northern Liang. After the Wei annexed the Liang, he fled south to the Song. Concealing his ambitions and humbling himself, he did not mingle