[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) › 1.6 # 四分律比丘含注戒本 1.6 四分律比丘含注戒本 1.6 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806.1.6) 余少仰玄風，志隆清範。昔在帝京，周流講肆，伏膺請業，載紀相尋。何甞不執卷臨文，慨斯壅結。遂以貞觀四年庚寅之歲，薄遊嶽瀆，廣評律宗。但見誦語紛綸，未思弘遠；高譚有務，事用無施。纔羅七五之名，妄居一字之首；但述行藏之要，寧開決正之心？問以戒律廢興，妙憑疏解；約之情通本據，無文可依。自有博學生知，行名雙顯，而神用莫準，情取天乖。余意之所未安，義當依法為定，則諍輪自弭，何俟繁辭！ > In my youth, I looked up to the profound teaching and resolved to enhance the pure model. Formerly in the imperial capital, I frequented the lecture halls, bowing with deference to receive instruction, year after year in succession. When was I ever not holding the scroll and facing the text, lamenting these blockages and entanglements? Thereupon, in the fourth year of the Zhenguan era, the year of gengyin, I traveled through the mountains and rivers, broadly evaluating the Vinaya schools. But I saw only confused and tangled recitations, with no thought of broad and far-reaching vision; high talk was treated as an obligation, but in practical application there was no utility. Barely enumerating the terms of the seven \[categories\] and five \[groups\], they falsely assumed the head of a single word; merely narrating the essentials of conduct and retirement, how could they open a mind that decides on what is right? When questioned on the decline and rise of the precepts and Vinaya, they relied wonderfully on commentary and explanation; but when pressed to connect sentiment to the original authority, there was no text to rely upon. There are those whose broad learning was innate, and whose practice and fame were equally prominent, yet their spiritual application lacked standard, and their personal inclinations diverged completely. Where my mind remained uneasy, the meaning should rightly be determined by the Dharma; then the wheel of dispute will subside on its own, so why await verbose words! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806.1.5) - [Next: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806.1.7) - [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.1.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1806.1.6) · Pramāṇa