[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) › [萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004) › 3.15 # 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.15 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.15) 師云。西伯將出獵。卜之曰。所獲非熊。非羆非彪非虎。霸王之輔。果獲呂尚於渭水之陽。與語大悅曰。自吾先君大公甞云。當有聖人適周。吾太公望子久矣。故號太公望。立為師也。伯夷叔齊孤竹君二子。讓國俱亡。武王伐紂。叩馬諫曰。父死不葬。爰及干戈。可謂孝乎。以臣弒君。可謂仁乎。左右欲兵之。太公曰。此義人也。扶而去之。武王平殷。天下宗周。夷齊恥之。不食周粟。採薇首陽餓死。太公伐殷宗周。家國興盛者也。夷齊讓位餓死。家國喪亡者也。賢首國師。只立一塵變態。說百門義海。高名夷齊也。勳業太公也。洛浦云。野老門前不話朝堂之事。故安貼農桑。未甞顰蹙。何也。無用處成真用處。好因緣是惡因緣。 > The Master said: When the Western Earl was about to go out hunting, he divined it, and the omen said: 'What you obtain will not be a dragon, nor a bear, nor a grizzly bear, nor a tiger; it will be an assistant to an overlord or king.' He indeed obtained Lü Shang on the northern bank of the Wei River. Talking with him, he was overjoyed and said: 'Ever since our late lord, the Grand Duke, it was once said: "There should be a sage who goes to Zhou." Our Grand Duke has hoped for you for a long time!' Therefore he was called Taigong Wang (The Grand Duke's Hope) and established as teacher. Boyi and Shuqi were the two sons of the Lord of Guzhu; both fled after ceding the state to each other. When King Wu marched against Zhou, they pulled at his horse's reins and remonstrated: 'Your father has died and is not yet buried, yet you take up shield and lance—can this be called filial? As a minister slaying your sovereign—can this be called benevolent?' The attendants wished to execute them, but Taigong said: 'These are righteous men,' and supported them away. King Wu pacified the Yin, and the world gave allegiance to Zhou. Boyi and Shuqi were ashamed of it; refusing to eat the grain of Zhou, they gathered ferns on Mount Shouyang and starved to death. Taigong's punishing Yin and securing allegiance to Zhou was the flourishing of family and state. Boyi and Shuqi's ceding the throne and starving to death was the perishing of family and state. National Preceptor Xianshou merely established the transformations of a single particle of dust to expound the Ocean of Meaning of a Hundred Gates. Lofty fame belongs to Boyi and Shuqi; meritorious deeds belong to Taigong. Luopu said: 'Before the rustic elder's gate, court affairs are not discussed.' Thus he was at ease with farming and mulberry, never knitting his brows. Why? Uselessness becomes true usefulness; good conditions are bad conditions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.14) - [Next: 3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.16) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004~en-mt.3.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.15) · Pramāṇa