金光明經文句 6.4

6.4

正論者，正名為聖。聖有二種：一世聖、二出世聖。論名覈實，一覈事實、二覈理實。此品是先王舊法，世世相傳。先王傳力尊相，力尊相傳於信相，信相又傳其子，其子又傳於後世。世世正聖、世世善實，即是先王之法言，亦是世界悉檀立名，名〈正論品〉。王行此法，法律相應，陰陽以之調、日月以之順、百穀以之豐、萬民以之樂、社稷以之安、治化以之美，即是民用和睦上下無怨，亦是為人悉檀立名，名〈正論品。王用此法外敵不敢謀。內姦不敢驚。妖星不敢現〉。惡虹不敢行、暴風不敢動、疾雨不敢零，是則禍亂不作、災害不生，亦是對治悉檀立名，名〈正論品〉。此之世善本金光明，從金光明出此正論，善用此正論，天宮天身以之光明、天力天威以之增長、天心為之倍樂、天之法味為之倍更深遠，即是先王之至德要道，亦是第一義悉檀立名，名〈正論品〉也。

As for 'upright treatises' (zheng lun), 'upright' means noble. There are two kinds of noble: first, the worldly noble; second, the transworldly noble. 'Treatise' (lun) means to examine the real: first, to examine the real in facts; second, to examine the real in principle. This chapter concerns the ancient laws of past kings, transmitted from generation to generation. The past kings transmitted them to Baladhara-lakṣaṇa; Baladhara-lakṣaṇa transmitted them to Ruciraketu; Ruciraketu further transmitted them to his son, and his son further transmitted them to later generations. Generation after generation being upright and noble, generation after generation being good and real—these are the legal words of past kings, and the name established by the worldly siddhānta is the 'Chapter on Upright Treatises.' When a king practices this law, laws and statutes correspond; yin and yang are thereby attuned, the sun and moon thereby accord, the hundred grains thereby flourish, the ten thousand people thereby rejoice, the state altars are thereby secure, and governance and transformation are thereby splendid—this is the people living in harmony and above and below having no resentment, and the name established by the individual adaptation siddhānta is the 'Chapter on Upright Treatises.' When a king employs this law, foreign enemies dare not plot, domestic traitors dare not cause alarm, baleful stars dare not appear, evil rainbows dare not move, violent winds dare not stir, and sudden rains dare not fall; thus disasters and turmoil do not arise, and calamities are not produced; this is the name established by the counteractive siddhānta, the 'Chapter on Upright Treatises.' This worldly goodness is rooted in the Golden Light; from the Golden Light arises this upright treatise. If one skillfully employs this upright treatise, the heavenly palaces and heavenly bodies thereby become radiant, heavenly power and heavenly majesty thereby increase, heavenly minds are thereby doubly delighted, and the heavenly flavor of the Dharma thereby becomes doubly deeper and more far-reaching; this is the supreme virtue and essential path of the past kings, and the name established by the ultimate truth siddhānta is the 'Chapter on Upright Treatises.'