貞元新定釋教目錄 1.55.2

1.55.2

Sūtra of Mañjuśrī's Questions on the Bodhisattva's Offices, in one fascicle (also simply called Sūtra of Questions on Offices; found in Sengyou's Catalogue and the Wu Catalogue; [Dao]an states it comes from the Vaipulya section).
New Sūtra of Parables, in one fascicle (consisting of eleven stories; [Seng]you notes the translator is lost; [Fei Chang]fang notes it appears in the Detailed Catalogue; the above are extant, the following are lost).
Mahāvaipulya Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, in twenty-seven fascicles (first translation, from the same original as Dharmakṣema's translation; found in Li Kuo's Catalogue).
Pratyutpanna-buddha-saṃmukhāvasthita-samādhi-sūtra, in one fascicle (this is a re-translation of the latter ten chapters; [Seng]you lists this one-fascicle version but lacks the three-fascicle one; Jingtai's Catalogue sometimes prefixes the character "Great"; third translation; Sengyou's Catalogue notes it was produced on the eighth day of the tenth month of the second year of Guanghe).
Brahma Parinirvāṇa Sūtra, in two fascicles (or one fascicle; first translation, from the same original as the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra; found in Zhu Shixing's Han Catalogue; sometimes prefixed with the character "Great"; the third [character] Hu [was altered to] Ban [Parinirvāṇa], here changed to Brahma).
Hastikakṣya-sūtra, in one fascicle (first translation; found in Fashang's Catalogue).
Sarvadharmavīrarāja-sūtra, in one fascicle (first translation; found in Fashang's Catalogue).
Prabhāsa-samādhi-sūtra, in one fascicle (first translation; [Seng]you states it appears in a catalogue; [Dao]an and [Chang]fang state it also appears in the Wu Catalogue).
Bobei ben jing, in two fascicles (first translation; found in Sengyou's Catalogue).
Śūraṅgama-sūtra, in two fascicles (produced on the eighth day of the tenth month of the second year of Zhongping; first translation; also said to be in three fascicles; found in Zhu Shixing's Han Catalogue, Sengyou's Catalogue, and the Wu Catalogue).
Mahā-upāyakauśalya-kṛtajñatā-sūtra, in one fascicle (found in the Wu Catalogue).
Sūtra on King Ajātaśatru's Questions on the Five Inexpiable Sins, in one fascicle (also called King Ajātaśatru Sūtra; first translation; found in Changfang's Catalogue).
Dhyāna-sūtra, in one fascicle (first translation; [Fei Chang]fang notes it appears in the Detailed Catalogue).
Sūtra on the Causes and Conditions of King Aśoka's Crown Prince Having His Eyes Plucked Out, in one fascicle (King Aśoka appeared only more than a hundred years after the Buddha's nirvāṇa, so this was not spoken by the Buddha; sometimes lacks the word "Sūtra"; first translation; found in Changfang's Catalogue).
The twenty-three texts in sixty-seven fascicles above (the eleven texts in twenty-six fascicles above the Za piyu are extant; the twelve texts in forty fascicles below the Daji jing are lost texts).
Śramaṇa Lokakṣema, also simply called Zhi Chen, was a native of the Yuezhi kingdom. His conduct was pure and deep, and his nature open and quick. Upholding the Dharma and precepts, he was renowned for diligence. Chanting the various sūtras, his aim lay in propagating the Dharma. During the reigns of Emperors Huan and Ling, he traveled to Luoyang. From the first year of Jianhe, a dinghai year, of Emperor Huan, to the third year of Zhongping, a bingyin year, of Emperor Ling, he translated twenty-three texts including the Daoxing [bore jing] in Luoyang. He accurately captured the original purport without adding embellishments; he can truly be called a gentleman who excelled at expounding the essentials of the Dharma and propagating the Path. The pure believers Meng Fu and Zhang Lian of Henan served as the scribes. However, as for the old translation referring to "Hu [Barbarian] Parinirvāṇa," I personally find it problematic. Since the translation of scriptures in former ages, whenever virtuous sages received text with brush in hand, at every translation they invariably spoke of "translating Hu into Han." "Hu" refers merely to the frontier customs of the Western regions, akin to the Di and Qiang of this land. To now label it "Hu," how does that pertain to India? The divergence is as profound as between Chu and Yue—how could one not examine it carefully? All sūtras spoken by the Buddha should properly be termed "Brahma texts" (Fanben). "Fan" here means pure. Formerly, at the beginning of the kalpa, beings descended from the Ābhāsvara Heaven of the Brahma realm to that land. Those who ate the fat of the earth became heavy in body and could not return; they thereupon became humans. They are the original ancestors of the Five Indias. Their designation was established based on their heavenly title. If they are called "Hu," what principle could account for it? It is simply that they call it "Brahma speech," just as this land refers to "Han language." There is indeed a basis for this, and it is not an error. Just as in former days, monks were all called by their secular surnames. In the reign of Fu Qin, there was the śramaṇa Dao'an, who stood out remarkably in his day and had an extraordinary awakening, stating: "Having shaved the head and inherited the lineage of the Śākya clan, if sons bear different names from their father, how can that be called succession? Today, those who leave household life should all take the surname Shi (Śākya)." Later, when the four Āgamas were translated, the text indeed stated: "The four castes who leave household life belong equally to the Śākya clan." The multitude all sighed in admiration. (The four castes are: first, Kṣatriya; second, Brāhmaṇa; third, Vaiśya; and fourth, Śūdra).
Now, Dao'an lived precisely during the Jin and Qin eras; he fixed the catalogue and redacted sūtras and treatises, giving himself the title "Vast as Heaven" (Mitian), a model for later generations. Yet he still spoke of "translating Hu into Qin has five losses and three difficulties." This was merely a blind spot of a learned man, not entirely free of flaw. Wherever "Hu speech" appears from former ages onward, it is now emended to the character "Fan" (Brahma), in the hope of avoiding error and allowing commentators to obtain correctness.
Furthermore, according to catalogues such as Changfang's, among Lokakṣema's translations there is also a Mahāratnakūṭa-sūtra in one fascicle. Now, since it is from the same original as the Yiri moni bao jing, it should not be listed again. Moreover, examining the phrasing, it was not translated by [Loka]kṣema; other catalogues all treat it as an anonymous translation. Following the Detailed Catalogue as authoritative, it is hereby removed from [Loka]kṣema's catalogue.
Mahāyāna-vaipulya Essential Wisdom Sūtra, in one fascicle (first translation; from the same original as the Assembly of Maitreya's Questions on the Eight Dharmas in the Ratnakūṭa; found in Changfang's Catalogue).
Crown Prince Mupo Sūtra, in one fascicle (first translation; an alternate translation from the Liudu ji; found in Changfang's Catalogue).
Sūtra on the Elder's Son Zhi, in one fascicle (also called Zhi jing; first translation; from the same original as the Shi tongzi jing; found in Changfang's Catalogue).
Ratnakūṭa Samādhi Sūtra on Mañjuśrī's Questions on the Dharmakāya, in one fascicle (also called Yiri bao sanmei wenshushili pusa wen fashen jing; first translation; from the same original as the Fajie tixing jing; found in Changfang's Catalogue).
Self-Vow Samādhi Sūtra, in one fascicle (a note below the title reads: "Chapter Four, The Unique Realization; extracted from the Pure Conduct of Bhikṣus"; first translation; largely identical with Dharmarakṣa's version with minor variations; found in Changfang's Catalogue).
Sūtra on Bathing the Monks in the Bathhouse, in one fascicle (also simply called Bathhouse Sūtra; first translation; found in Changfang's Catalogue).
Sūtra of Fifty Calculations on the Radiance of Insight, in two fascicles (also simply called Calculations on the Radiance of Insight, or simply Fifty Calculations; produced in the first year of Yuanjia; found in Zhu Shixing's Han Catalogue and Sengyou's Catalogue).
Sūtra of the Buddha Seal Samādhi, in one fascicle (found in Changfang's Catalogue).
Sūtra on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, in one fascicle (found in Baochang's Catalogue).
Śāriputra's Repentance Sūtra, in one fascicle (also simply called Repentance Sūtra; first translation; found in Changfang's Catalogue).
Sūtra on the Origin of Human Desires, in one fascicle (produced in the second year of Yongshou; an alternate translation of fascicle ten of the Dīrghāgama; annotated with a preface by Dao'an; found in Zhu Shixing's Han Catalogue and Sengyou's Catalogue).
Sūtra on Sigāla's Prostrations to the Six Directions, in one fascicle (also called Sūtra on Sigāla's Worship of the Six Directions; an alternate translation of fascicle eleven of the Dīrghāgama; found in Changfang's Catalogue).
Dīrghāgama Sūtra on the Ten Retributions, in two fascicles (also called Duozeng dao zhang jing, or simply Sūtra on the Ten Retributions; an alternate translation of fascicle nine of the Dīrghāgama; old catalogues also state it comes from the Dīrghāgama; found in Sengyou's Catalogue).
Sūtra on Restraining and Guarding the Causes of All Inflows, in one fascicle (an alternate translation of fascicle two of the Madhyamāgama; old catalogues call it Sūtra on Restraining All Inflows; the Wu Catalogue calls it Sūtra on Restraining and Guarding Inflows, or also Shougu; some also have Restraining Inflows or Restraining and Firmly Guarding All Inflows; found in Zhu Shixing and Sengyou).
Sūtra on the Four Truths, in one fascicle (an alternate translation of fascicle seven of the Madhyamāgama; found in Sengyou's Catalogue; Master [Dao]an's statement that it comes from the Dīrghāgama is perhaps an error).