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夫欲長其流者，不可以不深其淵源也；欲久其家者，不可以不固其柱礎也。粵有吾祖弘法大師請來密部若干百軸，則是東寺一家之柱礎、南池兩流之淵源也，所以先師約身勉強，不舍晝夜誓心研覈，豈敢怠遑。每下校閱之帷、時肆講授之席，專精純熟無復與倫。平昔謂門徒曰：「今也運膺澆季、人滋窳怯，若干百軸孰能書寫？所希壽諸梓以助弘通焉。而聞檗山大藏印版既濟，就撿密部則十得九，我願粗滿，何喜加之。更可鍥者，凡數十卷，以厝諸懷。」嗚呼！先師報命有涯，未果斯志而既寂矣。余雖不肖，深悲在茲，聿企剞劂事務遂其遺意云爾。時

Now, one who wishes to make a stream flow long must deepen its source; one who wishes to make a family endure must solidify its foundations. In the past, our patriarch, the Great Master Kōbō, brought back several hundred scrolls of the esoteric scriptures, which are indeed the foundation of the single school of Tō-ji and the source of the two streams of the Southern Pond. Therefore, my late teacher disciplined his person and exerted his strength, sparing neither day nor night, swearing in his heart to investigate and verify them, not daring to be idle or negligent. Whenever he lowered the curtain of collating and reading, or opened the seat of teaching and instruction, his singular devotion, purity, and mastery were beyond compare. In former days he said to his disciples: "In the present age, we meet the decadent final times; people grow increasingly lazy and timorous. Who could transcribe several hundred scrolls? What I hope is to preserve them on printing blocks to assist in their broad dissemination. Having heard that the printing blocks of the Mount Obaku Tripitaka have been completed, upon examining the esoteric section, nine out of ten are present. My vow is roughly fulfilled; what joy could surpass this? There remain only several tens of scrolls that can be carved to fulfill our hopes." Alas! My late teacher's allotted lifespan was bounded; before achieving this aspiration, he entered nirvāṇa. Although I am unworthy, my deep sorrow lies here; I therefore undertake the carving work to fulfill his bequeathed intention. At the time,