[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) › 47.22 # 佛祖統紀 47.22 佛祖統紀 47.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [47.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.47.22) 述曰。目僧道同丁夫。而出征賦以免之。豈獨僧道之恥。亦國家不知尊尚二教之恥也。今州家征免丁。則必舉常年多額以責之。而不顧僧之存亡去住。既又欲以虧額均賦諸寺者。其為患皆此類。甞考郡志云。僧道免丁歲無定額。官吏曾不省。此王荊公創新法。當年後世。誰不知為民患。然今之為政者。語安石則目之小人。追民賦則仍用其立法。蓋利源一開。雖有聖人之治所不能革。以人心好利者同然耳。然則為利創法者。未甞不為後世患。悲夫。 > The Commentary states: To view monks and Daoists as ordinary adult males and levy taxes to grant them exemption—is this merely a shame for monks and Daoists? It is also a shame for the state, showing an ignorance of honoring and esteeming the Two Teachings! Nowadays, when prefectures levy the male exemption tax, they invariably demand payment according to the high quotas of normal years, disregarding the survival, demise, departure, or residence of monks. Furthermore, they wish to equalize the deficient quotas among the various monasteries. The harm produced is entirely of this sort! I once examined the commandery gazetteer, which stated: 'The male exemption tax for monks and Daoists originally had no fixed annual quota, but officials never reflect upon this.' This was the new law created by Wang Jinggong; in his own time and in subsequent generations, who did not know it was a calamity for the people? Yet when those governing today speak of Anshi, they view him as a petty man, but when pursuing people's taxes, they continue to employ his legislation! Once the fountain of profit is opened, even under the governance of a sage it cannot be abolished, because the human mind's fondness for profit is universally the same. Thus, those who devise laws for profit never fail to become a disaster for later generations. How sorrowful! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 47.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.47.21) - [Next: 47.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.47.23) - [Up: 47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.47) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.47.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.47.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.47.22) · Pramāṇa