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据说，至尊米拉日巴生于土龙年，至今已过七百一十二年。阿底峡尊者于水马年到达西藏，至今已过七百年。仁果洛扎瓦生于土猪年，至今已过六百八十三年。达波拉杰生于土羊年，至今已过六百六十二年。当巴桑结于铁羊年到达定日（今西藏日喀则地区定日县），至今已过六百五十一年的事迹应当知晓。 如此这般，关于玛尔巴和米拉日巴的生卒年份，如同噶举派历代上师口耳相传从未间断的传统，为了圆满伟大的菩萨化身让炯父子（让炯多吉和其子）的心愿，吉祥空行自在（第五世夏玛巴）想要对教法时期追忆的种子略作详细阐述的未竟之愿。他们的意愿与火虎年（让炯多吉出生年）的《热巴传》以及米拉日巴和达波的许多可靠的历史文献非常吻合，因此我深信不疑，并努力加以阐明。一般来说，正如息结日巴所说，他曾见过一百二十七种米拉日巴的传记，玛尔巴和米拉日巴的传承非常广泛。然而，关于他们的传记，讲述者众多，传记的先后顺序、措辞的异同、意义的相同与不同，以及各种差异都难以考证。有些传记的内容即使是成就的瑜伽士也难以理解，而有些传记则明显掺杂了后人的虚构成分。因此，我依据许多可靠的古籍，对时代顺序和传记内容进行了整理，尽量避免个人臆断，在此略作记录。我希望公正的智者们能够认为我所说的话是有意义的，而不是毫无根据的猜测。此外，当时非常著名且对历史研究有用的静虑瑜伽士，如阿底峡尊者、仲敦巴和仁果洛等人的生卒年份，正如杰·勋努华（慧童）毫不含糊地确定并在典籍中记载的那样。同样，当巴桑结从印度金刚座寺前往兜率天的年份，我也参考了金刚座寺的学者祖康巴和本然巴的说法，认为没有错误，因此记录下来。噶举派的圣洁上师们……
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It is said that Jetsun Milarepa was born in the Earth Dragon year and 712 years have passed since then. Atisha arrived in Tibet in the Water Horse year, and 700 years have passed since then. Ngok Lotsawa Chenpo was born in the Earth Female Pig year, and 683 years have passed since then. Gampopa Lhaje was born in the Earth Sheep year, and 662 years have passed since then. Dampa Sangye arrived in Dingri (present-day Dingri County, Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet) in the Iron Sheep year, and it should be known that 651 years have passed since then. Thus, concerning the years of birth and death of Marpa and Milarepa, like the unbroken oral tradition from ear to ear of the Kagyu lineage's previous lamas, in order to fulfill the wishes of the great bodhisattva incarnations Rangjung father and son (Rangjung Dorje and his son), the glorious Khachö Wangpo (5th Shamarpa) wanted to elaborate on the seed of remembrance of the doctrine's time. Their intention is very much in line with the Fire Tiger year (the year Rangjung Dorje was born) 'Rampa' and many reliable historical documents of Milarepa and Gampopa, so I firmly believe it and try to clarify it. In general, as Shyijé Ripa said, he had seen 127 biographies of Milarepa, and the lineage of Marpa and Mila became very extensive. However, regarding their biographies, there are many narrators, and the order of the biographies, the similarities and differences in wording, the sameness and difference in meaning, and the various differences are difficult to verify. Some of the contents of the biographies are difficult for even accomplished yogis to understand, while some biographies clearly contain fabrications by later generations. Therefore, based on many reliable ancient books, I have organized the chronological order and the content of the biographies, trying to avoid personal speculation, and have made a brief record here. I hope that fair-minded and intelligent people will think that what I have said is meaningful, rather than unfounded speculation. In addition, the years of birth and death of the contemplative yogis who were very famous at that time and useful for historical research, such as Atisha, Dromtonpa, and Ngok Lotsawa, were determined without error by Je Shyönnu Pal (Wise Youthful Glory) and recorded in the scriptures. Similarly, I have also referred to the statements of Zukhangpa and Bumrampa, scholars of India's Vajrasana Temple, regarding the year Dampa Sangye passed away from India's Vajrasana Temple to Tushita Heaven, and I believe there are no errors, so I have recorded it. The holy lamas of the Kagyu lineage...
Chinese
关于传记讲述和教法纪年时略有帮助的简明论述，是噶陀南部的瑜伽士策旺诺布，在大成就者（Rnga-chen）水狗年（具体年份待考证）秋收果实成熟之际，于其上师的圣地炯巴隆（Ljon-pa lung）所著。之后，又在该地略微增补词句。再次，在护持者火虎年（具体年份待考证），于卫藏（dbU-ru）索隆措（srod lung mtshur）的冈多拉（gNdo-la）进行了校订，书写者为益西贝觉（ye shes dpal 'byor）。善哉！吉祥！ 玛尔巴、米拉日巴、冈波巴、觉沃仁波切父子等几位圣者的传记种子，以及包含对时代确定的简明论述。
English
This concise account, which is helpful when explaining biographies and calculating the chronology of the teachings, was composed by the yogi Tshewang Norbu, born in the southern part of Kathok, at the great siddha's (Rnga-chen) sacred site of Ljonpa Lung during the autumn harvest season in the Water Dog year (year needs verification). Later, some words were slightly expanded at that place. Again, in the Fire Tiger year of the protector (year needs verification), it was revised at Gandola in Sölung Tsho (srod lung mtshur) in Ü-Tsang (dbU-ru), Tibet. The scribe was Yeshe Peljor (ye shes dpal 'byor). Good! Auspicious! A concise account containing the seeds of the biographies of Marpa, Milarepa, Gampopa, Jowo Rinpoche and his sons, and statements that include the determination of time.