[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) › [四分律比丘含注戒本](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806) › 1.4 # 四分律比丘含注戒本 1.4 四分律比丘含注戒本 1.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806.1.4) 但以時來不競，情變所流，經陣夢㲲之徵，律舒分杖之喻。致使教隨文結，理任情移；雲飛二部、五部之殊，山張十八、五百之異。取其元始所被，無非計情；窮其要會之心，俱通正業。逮乎曹魏之末，《戒本》創傳；終於隋運之初，芟改者眾。或依梵本，或寫隷文，或以義求，或以緣據。讎校諸說，成務蒙然，濫罔前修，翳昏後學。梵本則文旨乖互，方言未融；準《律》則得在宗歸，失於辨相；義求雖有深會，未靜論端；緣據似是具周，止存別見。 > However, as eras passed without succession, feelings changed and drifted away; the sūtras set forth the omen of dreaming of fine cloth, and the Vinaya unfolded the metaphor of dividing the staff. This caused the teachings to become tied to the literal text, and principles to shift according to sentiment. The divergence into two and five schools drifted like flying clouds; the differences of the eighteen and five hundred sects spread like mountains. If one takes what was originally covered, it was nowhere other than adapting to dispositions; if one probes their essential, reuniting intent, they all equally lead to right activity. When it came to the end of the Cao-Wei, the Prātimokṣa was first transmitted; down to the beginning of the Sui dynasty, those who pruned and revised it were many. Some relied on Sanskrit texts, some transcribed clerical script; some sought it through doctrinal meaning, and some based it on contextual origins. When collating the various explanations, what was accomplished was obscure and confusing, misleading the former masters and obscuring later students. With the Sanskrit texts, the meaning and wording were contradictory, and dialectal differences were not harmonized; when modeled on the Vinaya, they succeeded in capturing the fundamental principle but failed in distinguishing the precise forms. Although searching by doctrinal meaning attained profound insights, it did not settle the points of debate; basing it on contextual origins seemed fully comprehensive, but it preserved only divergent views. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806.1.3) - [Next: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806.1.5) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806~en-mt.1.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806.1.4) · Pramāṇa