The Country of Aqini阿耆尼國
阿耆尼國東西六百餘里,南北四百餘里。國大都城周六七里,四面據山,道險易守。泉流交帶,引水爲田。土宜穈、黍、宿麥、香棗、蒲萄、梨、柰諸菓。氣序和暢,風俗質直。文字取則印度,微有增損。服飾氈褐,斷髮無巾。貨用金錢、銀錢、小銅錢。王,其國人也,勇而寡略,好自稱伐。國無綱紀,法不整肅。伽藍十餘所,僧徒二千餘人,習學小乘教說一切有部。經教律儀,既遵印度,諸習學者,卽其文而翫之。戒行律儀,潔清勤勵,然食雜三淨,滯於漸教矣。
The country of Aqini is more than six hundred li from east to west and more than four hundred li from north to south. The great capital city of the country is six or seven li around. It leans on mountains on its four sides, and the roads are steep, so it is easy to hold. Spring water runs through it in a network, and they draw the water off to make their fields. The soil suits millet, sorghum and barley, and fruits such as fragrant jujubes, grapes, pears and crabapples. The seasons are mild and open, and the customs are plain and straight. Their writing takes its pattern from India, with a little added and a little taken away. For clothing they wear felt and coarse cloth, they cut their hair and wear no headcloth. For money they use gold coins, silver coins and small copper coins. The king is a man of that country. He is brave but poor in counsel, and he likes to praise his own deeds. The country has no guiding cord, and its laws are not kept in order. There are more than ten monasteries and more than two thousand monks, and they study the Sarvastivada school of the Lesser Vehicle. Since the scriptures and the rules of discipline follow India, those who study them work on the text as it stands. In keeping the precepts they are clean and diligent, yet in their food they take the three kinds of clean meat, and so they are held back in the gradual teaching.
從此西南行二百餘里,踰一小山,越二大河,西得平川,行七百餘里,至屈支國。
Going southwest from here more than two hundred li, crossing one small mountain and two great rivers, one comes out on a level plain to the west; and going more than seven hundred li, one reaches the country of Quzhi.
Interlinear notes 2
居勿反。
The sound is spelled from ju (居) and wu (勿).
舊曰龜茲。
In old days it was called Qiuci.