They would preface it by saying, “evam me sutam, ”  – “thus I have heard.” It was not until centuries later that people started to combine all  that knowledge and compose Buddhist texts.

他们会在开头说“evam me sutam”——“我听说了”。直到几个世纪后，人们才开始将所有这些知识结合起来并撰写佛经。