[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) › [緇門警訓](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023) › 1.57 # 緇門警訓 1.57 緇門警訓 1.57 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.1.57) 子曰。吾非聖人經事久矣。洎入太廟每事問者。儆戒無虞罔失法度。羅漢雖聖赤鹽不知。方朔雖賢劫灰罔辯。多見而識之。未見而昧矣。李後主得畫牛一軸。晝則出於欄外。夜乃歸於欄中。持貢闕下。太宗張後苑以示群臣。俱無知者。惟僧錄贊寧曰。南倭海水或減則灘磧微露。倭人拾方。諸蚌腊中有餘淚數滴者。得之和色著物。則晝隱而夜顯。沃焦山時或風燒飄擊。忽有石落海岸。得之滴水摩色染物。則晝顯而夜晦。諸學士皆以為無稽。寧曰。見張騫海外異記。後杜鎬檢三館書。自果見於六朝舊本書中。此乃博聞強識見幾而作也。 > The Master said: "I am not a sage; I have merely experienced affairs for a long time." As for his asking about every matter upon entering the Grand Ancestral Temple, it was to exercise caution so as not to lose the standard rules. Though an arhat is a sage, he does not know of red salt; though Dongfang Shuo was worthy, he could not distinguish the ashes of an aeon. Those who observe much understand; those who have not seen remain in the dark. Li Houzhu obtained a painted scroll of an ox: by day it went outside the pen, and by night it returned within the pen. He presented it as tribute to the imperial court. Emperor Taizong displayed it in the rear gardens to show the ministers, but none understood it. Only the Monastic Recorder Zanning said: "When the seawater of the southern Japanese realm occasionally recedes, the sandbanks and shallows are slightly exposed. The Japanese gather quadratic-pearl clams, and within the dried meat there are a few drops of remaining tears. If one obtains them, mixes them with pigment, and applies them to an object, it will be hidden by day and appear by night. On Mount Wojiao, when winds burn and lash, stones suddenly fall to the coast. If one obtains them, drips water on them, grinds the pigment, and dyes an object, it will appear by day and be hidden by night." The academicians all thought this was unfounded. Zanning said: "I saw it in Zhang Qian's Overseas Record of Anomalies." Later, Du Hao checked the books in the Three Institutes and indeed found it in an old edition from the Six Dynasties. This is truly being broadly learned and possessing a strong memory, acting upon perceiving the subtle signs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.1.56) - [Next: 1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.1.58) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023~en-mt.1.57) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.1.57) · Pramāṇa