[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) › 38.97 # 佛祖統紀 38.97 佛祖統紀 38.97 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [38.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.38.97) 然河圖洛書天道所以下教於世者。豈當以神怪非之乎。是則老子聖人或在天為君主。或分形下教。皆隨時以闡化也。當老子之下教寇君。授之經法任以天師。俾除削三張之弊。其言有足取也。至囑以輔佐太平之說。故能造闕下以獻其書。崔浩引而進之。太武信而納之。未足為過也。一旦崔浩以惡釋之心勸其上。於是遽起案誅沙門之禍。酷哉此時其法運之一厄乎。既而崔浩族誅。太武被弑。不令之終足彰其罪。及文成詔復佛法大建浮圖一翕一張曾不足以累本常之道也。世或以毀釋過謙之者。然謙之特受教於老君。以告人主耳。初未甞創毀釋之論。毀釋自太武崔浩起也。夫法運之通塞數也。人心之好惡勢也。勢與數合。佛力不能移也。故知太武崔浩之毀釋執與數合。非謙之之過也。煬帝師智者。及智者亡弑父竊位。下罷僧毀寺之詔而卒沮於事。豈智者教之耶。衛元嵩教周武。趙歸真教唐武。比誠教之也。君與臣俱遭冥罰。非不幸也。 > Yet the Yellow River Map and the Luo River Writing were the means by which the Way of Heaven delivered teachings down to the world; should they indeed be rejected as monstrous wonders? Thus the sage Laozi either served as sovereign in heaven or divided his form to deliver teachings below, in each case expounding transformation according to the times. When Laozi delivered teachings below to Lord Kou, bestowing upon him scriptures and methods and entrusting him as Celestial Master so that he might eliminate the abuses of the three Zhangs, his words were well worth adopting. As for his injunction that Kou should assist in bringing about Great Peace, it was on this basis that Kou was able to go to the palace gates to present his texts. Cui Hao introduced and promoted him, and Emperor Taiwu trusted and received him; this was not yet an error. But once Cui Hao, with a heart hostile to Buddhism, urged his sovereign on, the calamity of investigating and executing monks suddenly arose. How cruel it was! Was this not one of the dire fortunes in the destiny of the Dharma? Before long, Cui Hao's clan was executed, and Emperor Taiwu was assassinated; their ignominious ends were quite sufficient to display their guilt. When Emperor Wencheng issued an edict to restore the Buddha-Dharma and build stupas on a grand scale, the opening and closing of that single moment was hardly enough to obstruct the fundamental, constant Way. Some in the world hold that destroying Buddhism was Qianzhi's fault; however, Qianzhi merely received the teachings from Lord Lao in order to report them to the ruler of men. He never initially created arguments to destroy Buddhism; destroying Buddhism originated with Emperor Taiwu and Cui Hao. The prosperity and decline of the Dharma's destiny is a matter of ordained numbers; the predilections and aversions of human hearts are a matter of momentum. When momentum converges with ordained numbers, even the power of the Buddha cannot alter it. Thus we know that the destruction of Buddhism by Emperor Taiwu and Cui Hao was due to their grasping coinciding with the numbers; it was not Qianzhi's fault. Emperor Yang took Zhizhe as his master, yet when Zhizhe died, he murdered his father and usurped the throne, issuing an edict to defrock monks and destroy monasteries, though in the end he was thwarted in doing so. Could it be that Zhizhe taught him this? Wei Yuansong taught Emperor Wu of the Zhou, and Zhao Guizhen taught Emperor Wu of the Tang; these indeed truly taught them. That sovereigns and ministers alike suffered unseen retribution was no mere misfortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 38.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.38.96) - [Next: 39.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.39.1) - [Up: 38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.38) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.38.97) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.38.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.38.97) · Pramāṇa