《旧唐书·列传·卷一百四十一》
从前，北魏末年，有一位达摩和尚，本来是印度的王子，为了救护他的国家而当和尚，到南海，悟得如来佛释迦牟尼亲传弟子、禅宗初祖迦叶和尚的佛法，说是释迦牟尼的二十八传弟子，有一代一代递相传授的衣、钵为凭证。
昔后魏末，有僧达摩者，本天竺王子，以护国出家，入南海，得禅宗妙法，云自释迦相传，有衣钵为记，世相付授。
In the past, at the end of Northern Wei, there was a monk named Bodhidharma, originally a Prince of India, to save his country and he became a monk, and went to South Sea, he got the Buddhism by the Zen (Zen School) founder Mahakasyapa, who was the direct disciple of Buddha Sakyamuni, it is said Bodhidharma was the 28th generation disciple of Sakyamuni, and the robe and bowl of Monk Bodhidharma is the evidence of the handover from generation to generation.