法智遺編觀心二百問 1.2

1.2

景德四年六月十五日，四明沙門比丘知禮，謹用為法之心，問義于浙陽講主昭上人（左右）。五月二十六日，本州國寧寺傳到上人，答十義書一軸云云。答釋未善讀文，縱事改張終當乖理，始末全書於妄語，披尋備見於諂心，毀人且容，壞法寧忍！欲敷後難，恐混前文，故且於十科立二百問，蓋恐上人仍前隱覆，不陳已墮之愆，更肆奸諛重改難酬之問，故先標問目，後布難詞，必冀上人依數標章覽文為答，母使一條漏失，欲令正理分明，希不延時，庶塞顒望。

On the fifteenth day of the sixth month of the fourth year of the Jingde era, Zhili, a śramaṇa and bhikṣu of Siming, respectfully moved by concern for the Dharma, inquires into doctrinal meaning before the lecture master Zhao Shangren of Zheyang. On the twenty-sixth day of the fifth month, a scroll containing the Master's letter answering the ten points was delivered here to Guoning Temple in this prefecture. The answers and explanations show a failure to read the texts properly: even if you revise and alter the phrasing, in the end it will still contradict principle. From beginning to end, the letter is filled with false statements, and on perusing it, a flattering and evasive mind is everywhere apparent. Slandering a person may still be tolerated, but how can one endure the ruining of the Dharma! Wishing to lay out subsequent objections, yet fearing they might become entangled with the earlier text, I have set down two hundred questions arranged under the ten heads. This is because I fear that, as before, the Master will conceal and evade without stating his already fallen errors, giving free rein to deceitful flatteries and repeatedly revising the questions when they are hard to answer. Therefore, I first set forth the list of questions, and then lay out the words of objection, earnestly hoping that the Master will follow the numbered sections, consult the text, and answer them without omitting a single point, so that the true principle may become manifest. I hope there will be no delay, and that my earnest expectations may be met.