[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) › [四明尊者教行錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937) › 7.31 # 四明尊者教行錄 7.31 四明尊者教行錄 7.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.7.31) 《爾雅》曰：替，廢也。間世者，名德之人間生也。《孟子》曰：彼一時也，此一時也。五百年必有王者興，其間必有名世者。四明乃慶元府南面山名，陸龜蒙曰：有峰最高，四穴在上。每澄霽望之如戶牖，相傳謂之石窓，即四明之目迴神仙所居處也，見《四明圖經》。《禮記》十歲為幼學，二十為弱冠。凡言童子，乃十歲以上至二十，弱冠中間、太和未散者，總稱童子。師七歲出家，正童子時也。天機者，《莊子》曰：其嗜欲深，其大機淺。《語》曰：生而知之者上，學而知之者次。 > The Erya says: 'Ti means abandoned.' 'One appearing once in an age' means a person of renowned virtue born between generations. Mencius says: 'That was one time, and this is another. Every five hundred years a true king must arise, and in the intervening period there must be someone renowned in his age.' Siming is the name of a mountain south of Qingyuan Prefecture. Lu Guimeng said: 'There is a highest peak, with four openings at the top. Whenever it clears up and becomes bright, looking at them they are like doors and windows; tradition calls them the stone windows, which is the site where the immortals of Siming dwell.' See the Siming tujing. The Liji says that at ten years old one begins youthful study, and at twenty one is capped. Whenever 'boy' is mentioned, it refers to the period between ten and twenty, the age of capping, before the primordial harmony has dispersed; all are called 'boys'. The Master renounced household life at seven, which was precisely his boyhood. As for 'natural genius', Zhuangzi says: 'He whose appetites and desires are deep has shallow natural genius.' The Analects says: 'Those who know by birth are the highest; those who know through learning come next.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.7.30) - [Next: 7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.7.32) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937~en-mt.7.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.7.31) · Pramāṇa