[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) › [註四十二章經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794) › 1.104 # 註四十二章經 1.104 註四十二章經 1.104 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.104) 「不」字當為「必」字，蓋傳之訛也。若世人明達因果，決志判命，或捨命身飼其猛鷙、濟彼魚鼈，乃至忠臣烈士以死殉義，斯皆難也。何知當為必字？緣佛言二十難並說凡夫境界，非論不生不滅之理，其義明矣。又據西戎南蠻語音呼「必」為「不」。 > The character bu ("not") should be the character bi ("certainly"); this is an error in transmission. If worldly people clearly comprehend cause and effect, resolve their wills, and surrender their lives—such as abandoning their bodily life to feed fierce raptors or rescue fish and turtles, up to loyal ministers and resolute champions sacrificing their lives for righteousness—these are all difficult. How do we know it should be the character bi? Because the Buddha spoke of twenty difficulties all in terms of the sphere of ordinary people, not discussing the principle of non-arising and non-ceasing; its meaning is clear. Furthermore, according to the pronunciation of the Western Rong and Southern Man, bi is pronounced as bu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.103) - [Next: 1.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.105) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794~en-mt.1.104) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་དུམ་བུ་ཞེ་གཉིས་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.359a.1) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.104) · Pramāṇa