[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) › 45.30 # 佛祖統紀 45.30 佛祖統紀 45.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [45.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.45.30) 述曰。磐兒時侍師袁先生（名機。為郡學錄絜齋正獻公姪）見與鄉士閱孫吳兵書。聞其論曰。儒者之兵合於常道。愛養士卒不妄戮一人。仁也救時赴難不忘君主。義也。兩陳相抗遣使往來。禮也。保境息民各守盟約。信也。至於曲在彼直在我。以正出師以奇制勝。智也。夫智者不滯一隅。有先事預算而勝者。有臨機制變而勝者。智用不定通於神明。父子至親不能以告。然則紙上之語。豈足以盡其意耶。聞此語四十五年。今觀東林錄所載。益信袁公之言與祖印同其旨。 > The author remarks: In my youth, when I served my teacher Master Yuan (named Ji, who was Prefectural Director of Studies and nephew of Lord Jiezhai Zhengxian), I saw him reading military texts of Sun and Wu with local scholars. I heard him discuss: "The warfare of Confucians accords with the Constant Way. Cherishing and nurturing the officers and men, not slaying a single person without cause—this is benevolence. Saving the times and braving perils without forgetting one's sovereign—this is righteousness. Two armies facing off sending envoys back and forth—this is propriety. Securing the borders, bringing rest to the people, and each keeping the covenant—this is trustworthiness. As for being in the right while the other is in the wrong, sending forth troops with correctness and gaining victory through unorthodox strategy—this is wisdom. Now, one with wisdom does not stagnate in one corner. There are those who calculate beforehand and conquer, and there are those who adapt to circumstances on the spot and conquer. The application of wisdom is unfixed, communicating with the divine; even the closest kin, father and son, cannot tell one another. That being so, how could words on paper be sufficient to exhaust its meaning?" Forty-five years have passed since I heard these words. Now observing what is recorded in the \*Donglin lu\*, I am even more convinced that Lord Yuan's words share the same intent as Zuyin's. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 45.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.45.29) - [Next: 45.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.45.31) - [Up: 45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.45) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.45.30) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.45.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.45.30) · Pramāṇa