貞元新定釋教目錄 14.6

14.6

the imperial decree, I truly had no knowledge. I have respectfully relied on records and inscriptions to recount the preceding events, hoping to dispel emotional delusions without fearing excessive detail; may those of broad elegance and vast talent refrain from censure. I have heard that as for the essence of the Supreme Path, desirelessness is foremost. Among the omens of blessedness and goodness, none is greater than having worthy successors. Among those who have succeeded him, generation after generation has produced eminent men; the Tripiṭaka Master of Daxingshan Monastery is precisely such a person. In the past, he served the late master; his Dharma taboo name was Zhizang. Receiving instructions, he translated speech and broadly proclaimed the True Vehicle. When