[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) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 3.81 # 佛祖統紀 3.81 佛祖統紀 3.81 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.3.81) 二十年中。述曰。信解品。二十年中之文。凡三處所以表法。各有其意。初二十年中常令除糞（科追誘譬）見諦一解脫一無礙。思惟九無礙九解脫。故云二十（文句此有七釋）二經二十年執作家事（科委領家業）住二乘位。轉大乘教（文句）三自見子來已二十年（科定父子天性）有二乘之機而來感佛（文句）前一合二十數。即是用八忍八智斷見。合為一解脫一無礙。用九無礙九解脫斷思。通之為二十也。後二但合二義故。妙樂云。斷見為一。斷思為一。輔行云。約人則二乘。約理則真俗二諦。約惑則見思俱破。問云。二義可爾。十義云何。答二乘各有十智（十智者世智他心智等）此則前後三文。皆見二十之義。 > Regarding "during twenty years," the author comments: In the Chapter on Faith and Understanding, the phrase "during twenty years" appears in three places to represent the Dharma, each having its own significance. First, "for twenty years he was constantly made to clear away dung" (classified as the parable of pursuit and inducement): one liberation and one unhinderedness in the stage of seeing the truths, and nine unhinderednesses and nine liberations in cultivating the truths, hence it says "twenty" (the Wenju gives seven explanations for this). Second, "twenty years passed while he managed the family business" (classified as fully taking charge of the family estate): abiding in the position of the two vehicles, turning the Mahāyāna teaching (Wenju). Third, "it has been twenty years since I first saw my son" (classified as establishing the natural bond of father and son): having the capacity of the two vehicles, they came and resonated with the Buddha (Wenju). The first one adds up to the number twenty: that is, using the eight forbearances and eight wisdoms to sever views combines into one liberation and one unhinderedness; using the nine unhinderednesses and nine liberations to sever thought, together they make twenty. The latter two combine only two meanings. Therefore, the Miaole says: severing views is one; severing thought is one. The Fuxing says: in terms of persons, it is the two vehicles; in terms of principle, it is the two truths of the ultimate and conventional; in terms of delusion, views and thought are both broken. An objection asks: "Two meanings may be so, but what of the ten meanings?" The answer is: the two vehicles each have ten wisdoms (the ten wisdoms are conventional wisdom, other-minds wisdom, and so forth). Thus, in all three passages from beginning to end, the meaning of twenty is seen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.3.80) - [Next: 3.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.3.82) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.3.81) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.3.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.3.81) · Pramāṇa