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《釋論》云：「何惠用世間法施？譬如王子從高墮下，父王愛念，積以繒綿於地接之，令免苦痛。眾生亦爾，應墮三途，聖人愍念，以世善法權接引之，令免惡趣。」然施法藥，凡愚本自不知，皆是聖人託迹同凡，出無佛世，誘誨童蒙。《大經》云：「一切世間外道經書皆是佛說，非外道說。」《光明》云：「一切世間所有善論皆因此經。」若深識世法，即是佛法。何以故？束於十善即是五戒；深知五常、五行義亦似五戒。仁慈矜養，不害於他，即不殺戒；義讓推廉，抽己惠彼，是不盜戒；禮制規矩，結髮成親，即不邪婬戒；智鑒明利，所為秉直，中當道理，即不飲酒戒；信契實錄，誠節不欺，是不妄語戒。周孔立此五常，為世間法藥，救治人病。又五行似五戒：不殺防木；不盜防金；不婬防水；不妄語防土；不飲酒防火。又五經似五戒：《禮》明撙節，此防飲酒；《樂》和心，防婬；《詩》風刺，防殺；《尚書》明義讓，防盜；《易》測陰陽，防妄語。

The Treatise says: 'Why confer the mundane gift of Dharma? For instance, it is like a prince falling from a high place: the king, his father, out of loving affection, piles up silk and cotton on the ground to catch him, sparing him pain. Sentient beings are also like this: they are destined to fall into the three miserable paths, but the holy one pities them and uses mundane wholesome dharmas as a provisional expedient to catch and guide them, sparing them the evil destinies.' However, regarding the dispensing of Dharma-medicines, ordinary foolish people originally do not know it themselves; it is entirely due to holy ones leaving traces and assimilating with ordinary beings, appearing in Buddha-less eras to guide and instruct the immature. The Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra says: 'All mundane tīrthika scriptures are taught by the Buddha, not by tīrthikas.' The Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra says: 'All good treatises in the world originate from this sūtra.' If one deeply recognizes mundane dharmas, they are just the Buddhadharma. Why is this? Summarizing the ten wholesome actions yields the five precepts; deeply understanding the five constants and the five phases, their meanings also resemble the five precepts. Humaneness, compassion, caring, and nurturing without harming others is the precept against killing; righteousness, yielding, and modest restraint, giving of oneself to benefit others, is the precept against stealing; ritual propriety, regulation, and tying the hair to wed is the precept against sexual misconduct; clear and sharp wisdom, acting with uprightness and according with reason, is the precept against drinking alcohol; trustworthiness, keeping faith with truth, and honest devotion without deception is the precept against lying. The Duke of Zhou and Confucius established these five constants as mundane Dharma-medicines to treat human sicknesses. Furthermore, the five phases resemble the five precepts: not killing guards against wood; not stealing guards against metal; not engaging in misconduct guards against water; not lying guards against earth; not drinking alcohol guards against fire. Moreover, the Five Classics resemble the five precepts: the Rites expounds moderation, guarding against drinking alcohol; the Music harmonizes the mind, guarding against misconduct; the Odes uses satirical critique, guarding against killing; the Documents expounds righteousness and yielding, guarding against stealing; the Changes discerns yin and yang, guarding against lying.