貞元新定釋教目錄 3.14.3

3.14.3

Baiyu jing (Sūtra of a Hundred Parables), one fascicle (recorded in Changfang's catalogue).
Wuyin shi jing (Sūtra on the Matter of the Five Aggregates), one fascicle (recorded in Changfang's catalogue).
Mo hua zuo biqiu jing (Sūtra on Māra Transforming into a Bhikṣu), one fascicle (recorded in Changfang's catalogue).
Youduoluo mu jing (Sūtra on Uttara's Mother), one fascicle (one copy lacks the word "Mother"; recorded in Sengyou's catalogue).
Renmin qiu yuan jing (Sūtra on People Seeking Vows), one fascicle (recorded in Changfang's catalogue).
Xiuxing fangbian jing (Sūtra on Expedients for Practice), two fascicles (also called Xiuxing fangbian chan jing; recorded in the Wu Catalogue).
Faju jing (Dharmapada-sūtra), two fascicles (second translation; also called Faju ji; recorded in the Bie lu and Sengyou's catalogue).
The above eighty-eight works in one hundred eighteen fascicles. (The fifty-one works in sixty-nine fascicles above the Weiri zanan jing are extant; the thirty-seven works in forty-nine fascicles below the Mohe bore zhou are missing texts.)
Upāsaka Zhi Qian, whose courtesy name was Gongming, was also called Yue. He was a person of the Da Yuezhi.
His grandfather, Fadu, during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han, led several hundred of his countrymen to submit [to the dynasty], and was appointed Leader of the Court Gentlemen Who Lead the Good.
When Yue was seven years old, he was riding a hobby-horse playing at a neighbour's house, and was bitten by a dog, which crushed his shinbone.
The neighbour wanted to kill the dog and take its liver to apply to the wound. Yue said:
"Heaven gave birth to this creature to guard and bark for people. If I had not gone to your house, the dog would never have bitten me. This fault lies with me, not with the dog. Even if killing it could cure me, it still should not be done, let alone that it brings me no benefit and would only incur great sin. Moreover, a beast has no understanding; how can one hold it to reason?"
Because of this, the neighbour was moved by his earnest words and did not kill it.
At age ten he studied Chinese books, and at thirteen he studied Brahmanical books, achieving subtle mastery in both. In addition, he was fluent in the languages of six countries.
Earlier, during the reigns of Emperors Huan and Ling, Lokakṣema had translated scriptures. There was Zhi Liang, whose courtesy name was Jiming, who received instruction under Lokakṣema. Qian, in turn, received instruction under Liang. He read widely in the sūtras and books, mastering and thoroughly comprehending them all. He was also broadly versed in worldly arts.
In person, he was tall, slender, dark, and lean, with eyes that were mostly white and yellow pupils. People of the time had a saying about him: "Zhi Lang, Zhi Lang, with yellow in his eyes! Although his frame is slender, he is a sack of wisdom!"
He fundamentally revered the Great Teaching and was well-versed in the import of the sūtras. At the end of Emperor Xian's reign, the Han house fell into great turmoil, and together with several tens of fellow townsmen he fled to Wu.
On the day they first departed, he had only a single quilt. A guest followed them, who was freezing without a quilt; Yue called him over to sleep together.
Towards midnight, the guest snatched his quilt and ran off. The next morning, his companions asked where the quilt was. Yue said, "Last night it was stolen by the guest."
The companions all said, "Why did you not tell us?"
He answered, "If I had informed you, you would certainly have punished him for robbery. How could it be fitting to kill a man over a single quilt?"
Those far and near who heard of this all sighed in admiration.
Later, Sun Quan, ruler of Wu, heard of his broad learning and talented wisdom, and summoned him for an audience. He questioned him about the deep and hidden meanings in the scriptures; Yue resolved difficulties in response to the moment, leaving no doubt unanalysed.
Quan was greatly pleased, appointed him an Erudite (boshi), and had him tutor the Crown Prince, treating him with great favour and rank.
Yue considered that although the Great Teaching was circulating, the scriptures were mostly in Indic texts, which no one understood. Having mastered both Chinese and barbarian tongues, he collected various copies and translated them into the language of Wu.
From the second year of Quan's Huangwu era (guimao) to the second year of Liang's Jianxing era (guiyou), a period of more than thirty years, he translated eighty-eight works including the Da mingdu jing. He subtly grasped the holy meanings, with an elegant style and intent.
Furthermore, based on the Wuliangshou jing and the Zhong benqi jing, he composed three suites of rhymed Sanskrit hymns (fanbai) praising the Bodhisattva, and annotated the Liaoben shengsi jing, all of which circulated in the world.
Later, when the Crown Prince ascended the throne, [Qian] retired to Qiongaishan, cutting himself off from worldly affairs. Under the monk Zhu Falan, he further cultivated the five precepts. All his companions were solely śramaṇas.
Later he died in the mountains, at the age of sixty.
Sun Liang, ruler of Wu, wrote to the saṅgha: "Zhi Gongming could not be saved from his illness. His conduct and practice were detached and pure; from beginning to end he is worthy of esteem. My grief over him cannot be contained."
He was held in such regret by his contemporaries.
Accounts vary regarding the number of works and fascicles translated by Qian. Sengyou's Sanzang ji records only thirty-six works; Sengyou's catalogue, in Qian's biography, says thirty-seven sūtras; Huijiao's Gaoseng zhuan has forty-nine sūtras; and Changfang's catalogue records one hundred twenty-nine works.
Now, because what Changfang's catalogue records are mostly separate extractions or duplicate entries under different titles, they are now deleted in order, as recounted below:
Luzi jing (whose text is identical with the Lumu jing translated by Zhu Fahu of the Western Jin).
Shenri jing (also identical with the Yueguang tongzi jing translated by Fahu).
Chujia gongde jing (now there are three versions: one is a Qin translation, appended to the Qin catalogue; two are excerpts from the Xianyu jing, now appended to the catalogue of separate extractions).
Jingang qingjing jing (also called Jingang sanmei benxing qingjing bumie buhuai jing; recorded again in the catalogue of anonymous translations of the Later Han. Upon examining its text, it is not translated by Zhi Qian; it is now moved and appended to the Qin catalogue).
Daci wujian jing.
Baonü wen sanshier xiang jing.
Monü wen fo shuofa de nanshen jing. (The three sūtras including Wujian jing are all extracted from the Daji jing.)
Baohai fanzhi chengjiu dabi jing (extracted from the Beihua jing).
Puguang pusa jing (namely the separately circulating Suiyuan wangsheng jing, extracted from the Guanding jing).
Modiao wang jing (extracted from the Liudu ji jing).
Fo wei Hedao kuangye gui shuofa jing (or Hedao is written Heli; extracted from the Madhyamāgama).
Kushu jing (or with the word "Da" added above).
Yingyao lie jing.
Chinian shi jing. (The three sūtras including Kushu jing are all extracted from the Ekottarikāgama.)
Se wuchang jing.
Zhu lou jin jing (or lacking the word "lou").
Xueshan wu mihou jing (or written wu yuanhou, or lacking the word "wu").
Wu muzi jing.
Bujing guan jing.
Sanzhong ma jing.
Sizhong liangma jing.
Shouming cu jing.
Hezhong caogui jing.
Guowang chengjiu wufa jiucun yushi jing.
Fo wei waidao Xushen shuo liyu jing. (The eleven sūtras including Se wuchang jing are all extracted from the Saṃyuktāgama.)
Shi wosuo jing.
Fanzhi jing. (The above two sūtras are both extracted from the Sheng jing.)
Jietan wang jing (extracted from the Yizu jing).
Waidao Xianni shuo du fanzhi jing. (The above two sūtras are excerpts from Hīnayāna scriptures.)
Xiabie jing.
Fanzhi wen fo shijian zengjian jing.
Sanyu shi shui jing.
Ganlu dao jing.
Xiang qian fanzhi jing.
Fanzhi zi si dao bai jing.
Hu kou yi jing.
Fanzhi wen fo shi jing.
Fashi sheng jing.
Shuishang pao jing. (The ten sūtras including Xiabie jing are all extracted from the Chuyao jing.)
Xiuxing ci jing (extracted from the Xiuxing daodi jing).
Dutuo gouzi jing (extracted from the Za piyu).
The above thirty-eight works in thirty-eight fascicles, including the Daci wujian jing and others, are all stated by Changfang and other catalogues to be translations by Qian. Now, upon examining the two catalogues of various scriptures from the Sui dynasty as well as the newly arranged list of separate extractions and excerpts, these are all excerpts from various scriptures.