[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [觀音義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728) › 2.12 # 觀音義疏 2.12 觀音義疏 2.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.12) 又為二：一、求男，二、求女。文云：「女人求男，若是無子則絕嗣，有子則父母俱欣。」云何獨標女人求男耶？解者或云：「女厭女身，非求子也。」又解：「女性多愛，欣子偏重。」故標女人。今解女人以無子為苦，夫之所棄、並婦所輕、旁人所笑。又，婦有七失，六猶可忍，無子最劇：容惡、性妬、不能事公、姑、貪食、無子、拙。無子既苦，故以標女人求男也。 > This again has two parts: first, seeking a boy; second, seeking a girl. The text says: 'A woman seeking a boy: if there is no son, the lineage is cut off; if there is a son, both parents rejoice.' Why does it specifically designate a woman seeking a boy? Commentators sometimes say: 'The woman is weary of the female body, not seeking a child.' Another explanation says: 'The female nature has much affection, and joy in children is especially heavy.' Hence it designates a woman. We now explain: a woman takes being childless as suffering—she is abandoned by her husband, slighted by co-wives, and mocked by onlookers. Furthermore, a wife has seven faults; six can still be endured, but being childless is the most severe: bad appearance, jealous disposition, inability to serve parents-in-law, greed for food, childlessness, and clumsiness. Since childlessness is indeed suffering, it therefore designates a woman seeking a boy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.11) - [Next: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.13) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728~en-mt.2.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.12) · Pramāṇa