貞元新定釋教目錄 23.3

23.3

聲聞藏者小乘所詮之教也。能說教主則示生滅應物隨緣。所詮之教則九部四含毘曇戒律。善男善女稟之而脫屣塵勞。緣覺聲聞奉之而昇乎彼岸。蓋真乘之小駕。乃菩提之化城。誘進初心莫斯為勝。始乎仙苑迄彼金河。所詮半字之文是謂聲聞之藏。洎乎百川同會三車共適。齊登妙覺俱證泥洹。豈有小大之異名。信為我尊之漸誘者也。始自漢明丁卯之歲終我開元庚辰之年。小乘三藏見行者。總三百三十七部一千八百九卷一百七十帙為聲聞法藏。科條別顯。具如後列。

The Śrāvaka Piṭaka is the teaching expounded by the Hīnayāna. The teaching master who expounded it manifested birth and cessation, responding to beings according with conditions. The teaching expounded consists of the nine genres, the four Āgamas, the Abhidharma, and the Vinaya precepts. Good men and good women receive it and cast off worldly toil like worn slippers. Pratyekabuddhas and śrāvakas uphold it and ascend to the other shore. Indeed, it is the small carriage of the true vehicle, the phantom city of bodhi; for guiding and advancing beginners, nothing surpasses this. From the Deer Park to the Golden River, the texts of half-letters expounded are known as the Śrāvaka Piṭaka. When the hundred rivers converge in union and the three carts proceed together, all alike ascend to wondrous enlightenment and all together realize nirvāṇa. How could there be different names of small and great? They truly represent the gradual guidance of our Lord. From the dingmao year of Emperor Ming of the Han to the gengchen year of our Kaiyuan era, the Hīnayāna Tripiṭaka currently circulating comprises in total 337 works in 1,809 fascicles and 170 cases, constituting the Śrāvaka Dharmapiṭaka. The sectional items are distinctly displayed, set forth in full as follows.