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玄奘法师便去找尉迟恭，说明来意。他一见尉迟恭的侄子，心生欢喜，因为窥基的身体，非常魁伟，相貌堂堂，一表人才，是载法之器。于是他开门见山便说：「你跟我出家吧！」窥基一听，莫名其妙，不悦地说：「你说什么？叫我出家，岂有此理！」转身就走了。
Dharma Master Hsuan Tsang called on General Wei Chigong and explained the reason for his visit. When the Master saw Wei Chigong”s nephew, he was delighted, because the young man”s physique was quite imposing, and his countenance was dignified. He looked thoroughly talented, fit to be a vessel of the Dharma. Master Hsuan Tsang came right to the point and said, "Come and leave the home-life with me!" The nephew was astounded, and answered unhappily, "What did you say
Leave home
Impossible!" And he turned and left.
玄奘法师只好与唐太宗商量，成就这段因缘。于是乎皇帝下旨，要尉迟恭的侄子出家，尉迟恭一接到圣旨，便叫侄子出家。窥基严辞拒绝，说：「岂有此理！皇帝怎么可以叫我出家？我还没玩够哪！我要去和皇帝讲道理。」第二天尉迟恭带着侄子来见皇帝。
Dharma Master Hsuan Tsang had no alternative but to request Emperor Taizong to lend a hand in order to bring this event to a successful conclusion. Thereupon, the Emperor ordered Minister Wei Chigong”s nephew to leave the home-life. When the Minister received this imperial order, he told his nephew to leave home. But his nephew defiantly refused, saying, "Ridiculous! How can the Emperor tell me to leave the home-life
I haven”t played around enough yet. I”m going to have a talk with the Emperor." The next day, Wei Chigong took his nephew to see the Emperor.
窥基一来便说：「陛下要我出家，可以！可是我有三个条件。」
As soon as they arrived, the nephew said, "If the Emperor wants me to leave the home-life, I”ll do it, but I have three conditions."
唐太宗一听就说：「你要多少个条件都可以。」
The Emperor replied, "You can set as many conditions as you want."
窥基就说了：「我最欢喜喝酒，我不能没有酒，无论我到什么地方，都要有一车的酒跟着。」
The nephew said, "I love to drink wine, and I can”t live without it. Wherever I go, I must bring along a cart of wine."
唐太宗心想：「出家人是戒酒，可是玄奘法师告诉我，不管什么条件都答应。」于是就说了：「好！我答应你。第二个条件呢？」
Emperor Taizhong thought, "Monks are supposed to abstain from wine, but Dharma Master Hsuan Tsang told me to agree to any condition he set." So he said, "Fine. I grant your request. What is your second condition
"
窥基说：「我知道出家人不可以吃肉，可是我欢喜吃肉，无论我到什么地方，后面都要有一车新鲜的肉跟着。」
The nephew said, "I know that monks are not allowed to eat meat, but I like to eat meat, and I must have a cart of fresh meat to follow me wherever I go."
唐太宗说：「我答应你。第三个条件呢？」
The Emperor said, "I will grant you this. What is your third condition
"
窥基没想到皇帝会答应他的条件，于是他接着又说：「出家人是不可以有太太的，可是我离不开女人，无论我到什么地方，必须有一车的女人跟着。」他心想：「这个条件，皇帝无论如何一定不会答应的。」
The nephew hadn”t expected the Emperor to agree to his demands. He continued, "Monks cannot have wives. However, I cannot renounce women. Wherever I go, there must be a cart of beautiful women to accompany me." He thought to himself, "The Emperor will never agree to this."
唐太宗心想：「哎呀！这怎么能答应呢？可是玄奘法师已经嘱咐我，不管什么条件一定都要答应。」所以就说了：「好！我完全答应你，你现在可以出家了吧！」
Emperor Taizhong thought, "Alas! How can I promise him this
Yet Dharma Master Hsuan Tsang instructed me to grant all his requests." Therefore he said, "Fine! I agree to everything! Now you can leave the home-life!"
窥基没办法，就很勉强出家了。所以出家那天，后面有一车的酒、一车新鲜的肉、一车美女，陪着他一起到大兴善寺出家(编按：大兴善寺是玄奘法师的译经场)。庙里知道窥基要来出家，所以敲钟击鼓来迎接他，窥基一听到钟鼓的声音，豁然大悟：「啊！原来我就是那个老修行，来帮助玄奘法师弘扬佛法。」于是乎把后面的三车遣回去，什么都不要了。所以后人称窥基为三车祖师。
The nephew had no choice but to leave home. On the day that he went to Daxingshan Monastery to leave home[Note: This is where Dharma Master Hsuan Tsang translated the Sutras], he was followed by a cart of wine, a cart of fresh meat, and a cart of beautiful women. When the people in the monastery were told that the War Minister”s nephew was going there to leave the home-life, they rang the bells and beat the drums. Hearing the sound of the bells and drums, Master Kueiji [the nephew”s left-home name] suddenly had a great awakening: "Oh! So I was an old cultivator and now I”ve come to help Dharm…
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