釋迦方志封疆篇第一
佛之所王土也。號曰索訶世界。即古翻經為娑婆矣。經中所謂忍土者也。謂此土人強識力念。能忍苦樂堪任道器。故佛王之。案此封疆。周輪鐵山山外是空空不可測。山下是地地下是金。金下是水水下是風。其風堅實逾於金剛。眾生心力同業所感。能持世界不令傾墜。自風以外即是虛空。約此周輪從下而上。至無色窮名為有頂。論其畫界從廣所經。卒非里數之所度也。且如智度論。從色界天下一大石。經一萬八千三百八十三年方始至地。約此上下方維。名為一佛所王土也(即以大千鐵圍而為封疆之域)。
Śākyavana Gazetteer (釋迦方誌)
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Tang · by 道宣撰
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*The Records of the Śākya World* was composed by the eminent Tang dynasty monk Daoxuan in the seventh century CE. It is an important scripture for the study of Buddhist geography and history. The work is divided into four volumes, detailing the life of the Buddha, the geography of Indian Buddhism, the routes of communication between China and India, and the course of the Dharma's propagation. It integrates the eyewitness accounts of monks who journeyed to the Western Regions with the author's own research and analysis. As a representative work of Buddhist historical records from the Tang dynasty, it not only supplements the details found in *The Great Tang Records on the Western Regions*, but also provides an authoritative basis for the study of ancient Asian geography and religious-cultural exchange. It holds an irreplaceable position within Buddhist literature.