金剛般若經依天親菩薩論贊略釋秦本義記卷上 1.5

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第四敘翻譯者。此經前後凡經六譯。第一後秦時鳩摩羅什法師於長安譯。文云舍衛國。第二後魏時三藏法師菩提流支於洛陽譯。文云婆伽婆。并譯天親菩薩論三卷金剛仙記十卷。第三陳梁間真諦三藏於廣州譯。文云祇樹林。并出本記四卷。第四隋大業中笈多三藏所譯金剛能斷。并譯無著論兩卷。第五大唐三藏玄奘法師所譯名能斷金剛。又有日照三藏功德施論兩卷。第六周義淨三藏所譯。文云佛薄伽梵在名稱大城。并重譯天親論三卷。如上諸本大況相同。於中文質遂成廣略故。使讀持之者偏仰秦經。義學之徒多從魏本。今所釋之者。即當羅什法師所譯秦本經也。

Fourth, recounting the translations: This sūtra has undergone six translations across time. First, during the Later Qin, Master Kumārajīva translated it in Chang'an; the text reads "country of Śrāvastī." Second, during the Later Wei, Tripiṭaka Master Bodhiruci translated it in Luoyang; the text reads "Bhagavat"; he also translated Bodhisattva Vasubandhu's commentary in three fascicles and the Record of Vajrariṣi in ten fascicles. Third, between the Chen and Liang dynasties, Tripiṭaka Master Paramārtha translated it in Guangzhou; the text reads "Jetavana"; he also produced an original commentary in four fascicles. Fourth, during the Daye era of the Sui, Tripiṭaka Master Dharmagupta translated the Vajracchedikā, and also translated Asaṅga's commentary in two fascicles. Fifth, that translated by Tripiṭaka Master Xuanzang of the Great Tang is titled Vajracchedikā; there is also Tripiṭaka Master Divākara's translation of Guṇaprabha's commentary in two fascicles. Sixth, that translated by Tripiṭaka Master Yijing of the Zhou; the text reads "the Buddha, the Bhagavat, was in the great city of fame"; he also re-translated Vasubandhu's commentary in three fascicles. All the above versions are generally identical; in terms of literary style and plainness, they diverge into the expanded and the abridged. Consequently, those who recite and uphold it especially revere the Qin translation, while students of doctrinal meaning mostly follow the Wei translation. That which is explained here is precisely the Qin translation rendered by Master Kumārajīva.