[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) › 44.12 # 佛祖統紀 44.12 佛祖統紀 44.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [44.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.44.12) 述曰。真宗可謂仁聖之君矣。初踐祚製聖教序（謂新譯藏經為聖教也。為聖教製序。始於唐朝）造崇釋論。陳恕論罷譯經則不許。孫奭請減度僧則不聽。而又能下詔。鬻酒肉於僧道者。論其罪意。此穢業不當瀆聖境也。厥後沙門覺稱自天竺來。謂學士楊億曰。入此國見屠殺猪羊市肆懸肉。痛不忍觀。天竺食肉五辛者驅出城。故無貨者。是知東華郡邑習於食肉。故見之者無嫌心。獨無愧於稱乎。嘗因同人揭搉此事。欲乞清明推廣祖宗之法。不令在城中殺畜不許懸肉街市（凡屠家只在城外僻絕不通人處居止。販者用竹器。庶覆入城。投稅然後巡街而賣）庶幾人居涓潔。目不習見。所以去殺氣以養仁心。移惡習以趨善道。豈不有益於國家之政化者哉。 > The commentary states: Emperor Zhenzong may well be called a benevolent and sagacious ruler. When he first ascended the throne, he composed a preface to the Sacred Teaching (the newly translated canon is called the "Sacred Teaching"; composing prefaces to the Sacred Teaching began in the Tang dynasty) and authored the Treatise on Exalting Buddhism. When Chen Shu argued for abolishing sutra translation, he did not permit it; when Sun Shi requested a reduction in monk ordinations, he did not listen. Furthermore, he was able to issue an edict that those who sell wine and meat to monks and Daoists should be prosecuted for their crimes; this was out of the intention that such impure activities ought not defile sacred precincts. Later, the monk Juecheng arrived from Tianzhu and said to Academician Yang Yi: "Entering this realm, I see the slaughter of pigs and sheep and meat hanging in the markets, which is so painful I cannot bear to watch. In Tianzhu, those who eat meat and the five pungent roots are driven outside the city, and therefore none sell it." Thus we know that the prefectures and cities of the Eastern Splendor are accustomed to eating meat, so those who see it feel no aversion; can they alone feel no shame before Juecheng? Once, discussing this matter with peers, I wished to petition for a clear and enlightened ruler to extend the laws of the dynastic ancestors, prohibiting the slaughter of beasts inside the city and forbidding the hanging of meat in the markets and streets (all butchers should only reside outside the city in remote, deserted places where no people pass; peddlers should use bamboo vessels to cover it and enter the city, pay taxes, and only then patrol the streets to sell), so that people's dwellings may be pure and clean, and their eyes not accustomed to seeing it. This would dispel the aura of killing to nourish benevolent hearts, and alter bad habits to turn toward the good path—how could this fail to benefit the state's governance and transformation? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 44.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.44.11) - [Next: 44.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.44.13) - [Up: 44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.44) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.44.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.44.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.44.12) · Pramāṇa