[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) › [維摩經略疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778) › 3.40 # 維摩經略疏 3.40 維摩經略疏 3.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.3.40) 「執持正法攝諸長幼」，外國立有德者以為三老秉持國法，此垂迹也。言長幼者，何但人有長幼，一切善根亦有大小則是長幼。長幼雖殊，論其善根不出四教，赴四根機攝歸四土。 > "Upholding the right Dharma, he gathered together old and young": in foreign countries, those with virtue are appointed as the "Three Elders" to uphold the nation's laws; this is a trace manifestation. In speaking of "the old and young": how could it be only people that have old and young? All roots of goodness also have great and small, which are precisely the old and young. Although old and young differ, regarding their roots of goodness they do not go beyond the four teachings; responding to the four kinds of faculties, he gathered them together and returned them to the four lands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.3.39) - [Next: 3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.3.41) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778~en-mt.3.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.3.40) · Pramāṇa