| Name | Date | Notes | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Fazu 白法祖, Bo Yuan 帛遠 | ca. 296-306 | Bo Fazu 白法祖, Bo Yuan 帛遠 | |
| Dharmarakṣa 竺法護, 曇摩羅察 | traditional 230?–316; fl. ca 265-308 | Zürcher (2007): 69. "The awkward style of Dharmarakṣa's translations may have been caused by the very fact that he was bilingual and therefore less dependent on his Chinese collaborators". Usually, by contrast, "The stylistic and literary qualities of Buddhist translations must largely be ascribed to the Chinese redactors of the texts." CSZJJ biography translated in Boucher (2006). Also translated and treated in Lamotte, Śūraṃgamasamādhi (trans. Boin-Webb, 2003): 76-78. | Dharmaraksa 竺法護, 曇摩羅察 Zurcher (2007): 69. "The awkward style of Dharmaraksa's translations may have been caused by the very fact that he was bilingual and therefore less dependent on his Chinese collaborators". Usually, by contrast, "The stylistic and literary qualities of Buddhist translations must largely be ascribed to the Chinese redactors of the texts." CSZJJ biography translated in Boucher (2006). Also translated and treated in Lamotte, Suramgamasamadhi (trans. Boin-Webb, 2003): 76-78. |
| Fasheng 法乘 | fl. ca. 300 | Amanuensis 筆受者 who worked under Dharmarakṣa, mentioned e.g. in the colophon to T606. Demiéville (1954): 348 n. 3 gives in brief known details about his biography. | Fasheng 法乘 Amanuensis 筆受者 who worked under Dharmaraksa, mentioned e.g. in the colophon to T606. Demieville (1954): 348 n. 3 gives in brief known details about his biography. |
| Nie Chengyuan, 聶承遠 | fl. ca. 290-306 | Boucher (2006): 20-21, n. 40. "By all accounts Dharmarakṣa’s closest disciple....Suzuki Hiromi has discussed the possible influence of Nie Chengyuan's scribal duties upon translation vocabulary choices in Dharmarakṣa’s corpus", citing Suzuki (1995). | Nie Chengyuan, 聶承遠 Boucher (2006): 20-21, n. 40. "By all accounts Dharmaraksa’s closest disciple....Suzuki Hiromi has discussed the possible influence of Nie Chengyuan's scribal duties upon translation vocabulary choices in Dharmaraksa’s corpus", citing Suzuki (1995). |
| Nie Daozhen, 聶道真 | fl. ca. 280-312 | The appendix to the GZS biography of Dharmarakṣa treating Nie Daozhen is translated in Boucher (2006): 21-22 n. 44. | Nie Daozhen, 聶道真 The appendix to the GZS biography of Dharmaraksa treating Nie Daozhen is translated in Boucher (2006): 21-22 n. 44. |
| Ruoluoyan, 若羅嚴 | fl. ca. 265-316 | Ruoluoyan, 若羅嚴 |