[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) › [中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899) › 2.36 # 中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經 2.36 中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經 2.36 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.36) 次北第六院，名為流廁。有大高屋，三重而立，飛橋雙上，甚自清淨。下施廁坑，砌以伏竇，天帝手作，上無臭氣。大渠從大院北西注，南入廁院，伏流入竇，北出會於大河，人無見者。一切比丘皆此便利。余聞此說深為獲相，故江淮已南諸古寺者，皆設都清一所，中已北周屏澆院，臭處蓬勃，伊何可言？曾至并州城北，置一都清，樓道登上，類同天竺。斯則閣舍未足為高，但為寺居塗泥不穿漏故。設斯宇非同大臭，但置一清，斯言必虛妄咎者。彼者則武德諸房多少屏，豈是尊尚援不立周清者乎？自上至此東西粗了。 > Next to the north, the sixth courtyard is called the Flowing Privy. It has a great tall building, three tiers high, with twin flying bridges ascending, exceedingly pure and clean. Below is a privy pit, built with an underground conduit, fashioned by the hands of the Lord of Devas, so that no foul odor rises above. A large canal flows westward from the north of the Great Courtyard, turns south into the Privy Courtyard, flows concealed into the conduit, and exits north to meet the great river, unseen by anyone. All bhikṣus relieve themselves here. Hearing this description, I deeply rejoiced in its characteristics. Thus in the ancient monasteries south of the Yangtze and Huai rivers, a single 'All-Cleansing' privy is always established, whereas from the Central Plains northwards, people squat around screen-walls and foul the courtyard with overflowing stenches—how can it even be spoken of? Once, north of the city of Bingzhou, a single 'All-Cleansing' privy was set up with a staircase ascending to a tower, resembling that of India. That pavilion itself was not exceedingly high, but served to prevent the monks' residences from being muddied or leaking through. Erecting such a building does not resemble a great stench; yet if someone says that merely establishing a single 'Cleansing' place is deceitful and faulty, they in the Wude era had so many latrine screens in the various quarters—was that out of reverence, to refuse to establish an 'All-Cleansing' facility? From the above down to here, the east and west are roughly finished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.35) - [Next: 2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.37) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899~en-mt.2.36) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.36) · Pramāṇa