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叡法師者高僧傳云。法師魏郡長樂人。少出家二十二博通經論。聽僧朗法師講放光經。屢有譏難。朗與師僧賢有豪上之契謂賢曰叡比難。吾累思不能通。可謂賢。賢弟子羅什至秦命叡入逍遙園詳譯。秦王興問姚嵩曰叡公何人。答曰。此實鄴衛之松柏興勅見之。觀其風韻窪流含吐彬蔚。乃謂嵩曰。此乃及四海之標領。何獨鄴衛之松柏也。什出成實論令叡講之。什曰。此論有七處破毘曇。而在言少隱。若能不問而解。可謂英才。叡啟發幽微。果不諮什而契然玄會。什譯法花至受決品。舊本云天見人人見天。什曰。此語與西域同。但在言過質。叡應聲曰。將非人天交接兩得相見。什歎曰。吾傳譯得子真無所恨矣。又佛讚之業皆願生安養。每行住坐臥不背西方。臨終合掌。五色光從叡而出。又疏記此經及製序。如別注云。

Regarding Dharma Master Rui: The Biographies of Eminent Monks states: The Dharma Master was a native of Changle in Weijun. He went forth from household life at an early age, and at twenty-two he was broadly versed in sūtras and treatises. While listening to Dharma Master Senglang lecture on the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra, he frequently raised criticisms and difficulties. Lang had a lofty and extraordinary rapport with his teacher Sengxian, and said to Xian: "Rui has recently raised difficulties; though I have pondered them repeatedly, I cannot resolve them. He can truly be called worthy." Xian's disciple Kumārajīva arrived in Qin, and [the ruler] ordered Rui into the Xiaoyao Garden to examine the translations. The Qin King Xing asked Yao Song: "What kind of person is Master Rui?" Song replied: "He is truly a pine and cypress of Ye and Wei." Xing summoned him for an audience; observing his demeanor, deep flow, and refined and abundant eloquence, he said to Song: "This is indeed a leader of the four seas; why speak only of a pine and cypress of Ye and Wei?" When Shi produced the Satyasiddhi Śāstra, he ordered Rui to lecture on it. Shi said: "This treatise refutes the Abhidharma in seven places, but the wording is somewhat obscure. If you can understand it without asking, you may be called an extraordinary talent." Rui revealed its profound subtleties and indeed accorded with the mysterious meeting without consulting Shi. When Shi translated the Lotus Sūtra up to the Bestowal of Prophecy Chapter, the old version read: "Devas see humans, humans see devas." Shi said: "These words agree with the Western Regions, but their phrasing is too plain." Rui responded immediately: "Could it not be: 'Humans and devas interact, and both are able to see one another'?" Shi praised him, saying: "In my translation work, having obtained you, I truly have no regrets!" Furthermore, in all his undertakings praising the Buddha, he vowed to be born in Anyang. Whenever walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, he never turned his back to the west. At the time of his passing, he joined his palms, and five-colored light emerged from Rui. He also composed a commentary on this sūtra and wrote a preface, as noted in the separate commentary.