If you endeavor to embrace
The Way through much learning,
The Way will not be understood.
If you observe the Way with
Simplicity of heart, great indeed is this Way.

The Sutra of Forty-two Chapters (1c CE-), The Sutra of Forty-two Chapters is often regarded as the first Indian Buddhist sutra translated into Chinese. According to tradition, it was translated by two Yuezhi monks, Kasyapa Matanga (迦葉摩騰) and Dharmaratna (竺法蘭), in 67 CE. Because of its association with the entrance of Buddhism to China, it is accorded a very significant status in East Asia.