[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [四十二章經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784) › 1.4 # 四十二章經 1.4 四十二章經 1.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.4) 於是上悟，即遣使者張騫、羽林中郎將秦景博士弟子王遵等十二人，至大月支國寫取佛經四十二章。在第十四石函中登起立塔寺，於是道法流布，處處修立佛寺。遠人伏化願為臣妾者，不可稱數，國內清寧，含識之類蒙恩受賴于今不絕也。 > Thereupon the Emperor was enlightened and immediately dispatched twelve envoys, including Zhang Qian, the Palace Commander of the Feathered Forest Qin Jing, and the Erudite's disciple Wang Zun, to the Kingdom of the Great Yuezhi to copy and obtain the Sūtra in Forty-two Sections of the Buddha. In the fourteenth stone casket, \[a stupa\] was erected and a monastery established. Thereupon the teachings of the Way spread widely, and Buddhist monasteries were built and maintained in every place. Distant peoples submitted and transformed, desiring to become subjects and servants beyond counting; the realm was pure and tranquil, and sentient beings have received grace and relied \[upon it\] without end down to the present day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.3) - [Next: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.5) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784~en-mt.1.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.4) · Pramāṇa