十六歲出家，二十歲受具足戒。第一次聽受戒律後，急欲修習禪定，受智首呵責，福德資糧未具，豈可棄律？師虛心受教，用功專精，感得舍利現於寶函之中。後住終南山，研究弘講四分律。
師曾至各地講說律學，亦參與玄奘之譯場。七十二歲於淨業寺創立戒壇，為後世啟建戒壇之法式。師開創中國南山律宗，集律宗之大成，世稱「南山律師」。師嚴持淨戒，精通大小乘經律，畢其一生精力，從事律學著作與僧傳的撰述，以戒律提供修道者遵循的典範，並以僧傳堅固道念。

Daoxuan renounced at the age of 16 and was fully ordained at 20 years of age. He was eager to practice meditation after receiving his first lecture on the vinaya, but was reprimanded by his master, Zhishou, for neglecting the vinaya before accumulating sufficient merit and virtue. He humbly accepted his master’s advice and practiced so diligently that a relic appeared in a precious box. He later stayed at Zhongnanshan, where he studied and lectured on the Dharmagupta Vinaya. He taught the vinaya at different places and participated in sutra translation projects organized by Xuanzang. At the age of 72 in Jingye Temple he established the ordination platform, which served as an exemplar for future generations. Daoxuan compiled a comprehensive system which embraced the different vinayas and founded the Nanshan Vinaya School. He spent his life composing works on the vinaya and writing biographies of eminent monks. These works later became the guidelines for practitioners of Buddhism.

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