[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [貞元新定釋教目錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2157) › 1.2 # 貞元新定釋教目錄 1.2 貞元新定釋教目錄 1.2 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2157.1.2) 謹按舊錄云。夫目錄之興也。蓋所以別真偽明是非。記人代之古今。摽卷部之多小。摭拾遺漏刪夷駢贅。欲使正教合理金言有緒。提綱舉要歷然可觀也。但以法門幽邃化網恢弘。前後翻傳年移代謝。屢經散滅卷軸參差。復有異人時增偽妄。致令混雜難究蹤由。是以先德儒賢製斯條錄。今其存者殆六七家。然猶未極根源尚多疎闕。昇以庸淺久事披尋。參練異同指陳臧否。成茲部帙。庶免乖違。幸諸哲人俯共詳覽。今觀先賢所撰冠絕群英。伏從庚午以來增七十祀。三藏繼踵于今四朝。聖上欽明翻譯相次。一百餘部經律特明。累降。 > I respectfully examine the old catalogue, which states: "The emergence of catalogues is indeed to distinguish the authentic from the spurious and clarify the correct and the incorrect, to record the antiquity and modernity of human eras, and to indicate the size and number of fascicles and sections. They collect omissions, excise redundancies, and seek to bring the orthodox teachings into accord with reason and give coherence to the golden words, raising up the main guidelines and essentials so that they may be viewed with complete clarity. However, because the Dharma-gates are profound and subtle and the net of transformation is vast, as translations and transmissions have succeeded one another over passing years, texts have repeatedly been scattered and lost, and scrolls have become uneven. Moreover, unconventional individuals have at times added spurious and fraudulent works, leading to confusion and difficulty in tracing origins. Therefore, ancient worthies and Confucian sages formulated these listed records; today, barely six or seven schools \[of these catalogues\] survive. Yet they still have not reached the very source, and many omissions and defects remain. I, \[Zhi\]sheng, despite my mediocrity and shallowness, have long engaged in examining and searching them out, checking similarities and differences, setting forth merits and demerits, and completing this work, hoping to avoid discrepancies. I hope that wise masters will deign to examine it thoroughly together." Now observing what this former worthy composed, it surpassed all eminent scholars. Prostrating myself, I note that since the gengwu year \[730\], seventy years have elapsed. Tripiṭaka masters have succeeded one another down to the present through four reigns. The sagely Emperor, respectful and bright, has ordered successive translations; more than one hundred sections of sūtras and vinayas are especially clear. Repeatedly he has bestowed his > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2157.1.1) - [Next: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2157.1.3) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2157.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2157~en-mt.1.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [開元釋教錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2154.1.2) — 智昇, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2157.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2157.1.2) · Pramāṇa