[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) › 48.50 # 佛祖統紀 48.50 佛祖統紀 48.50 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [48.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.48.50) 十八年。特奉聖旨。僧道二家辯折除道德經是老子真實經旨。其餘皆後人造作。謊說多有詆毀釋教。偷竊佛語更有收拾陰陽醫藥諸子等書。往往改移名號。傳注訛舛失其本真。偽造符呪。妄言佩之。令人商賈倍利夫妻和合猶如鴛鴦。子嗣蕃息男壽女貞。誑惑萬民非止一端。欲貪圖財利誘說妻女。其有教人非妄。佩符在臂。男為君相女為后妃。入水不溺入火不焚。刀劍不能傷害等語。及令張天師祁真人李真人杜真人試之於火皆求哀請命自稱偽妄。不敢試驗。今議得除老子道德經外隨路。但有道藏說謊經文并印板。盡行焚毀。如有愛佛經的做和尚去者。不願為僧娶妻為民去者。若所在官司不行用必拘刷。與隱藏之人一體要罪過者。 > In the eighteenth year, a special imperial decree was received: 'The two schools of Buddhists and Daoists debated, \[revealing that\] except for the Daodejing, which contains the genuine scriptural tenets of Laozi, all the rest were fabricated by later people, being deceitful talk largely defaming the Buddhist teaching and plagiarizing Buddhist sayings. Furthermore, they collected books on yin-yang, medicine, and the various philosophers, frequently altering the names and titles, so that the transmissions and commentaries became erroneous, losing their original authenticity. They fabricated talismans and spells, falsely asserting that wearing them would double a merchant's profits, bring harmony to husbands and wives like mandarin ducks, multiply offspring, grant long life to men and chastity to women, deceiving and misleading the myriad people in more than one way, and seeking to satisfy greed for wealth and seduce wives and daughters. There are those who instruct people in fraudulent absurdities: that wearing a talisman on the arm will make a man a ruler or minister and a woman an empress or consort, that entering water one will not drown, entering fire one will not burn, and that swords and spears cannot harm one. When Heavenly Master Zhang, Real Man Qi, Real Man Li, and Real Man Du were ordered to test this in fire, they all begged for mercy, pled for their lives, admitted their falsehoods, and dared not undergo the test. It is now deliberated that, except for Laozi's Daodejing, wherever along the circuits there are deceitful Daoist canonical texts and printing blocks, they shall all be incinerated. If there are those who cherish Buddhist sutras, they may become monks; those unwilling to be monks may take wives and return to commoner status. If the local authorities do not enforce this and fail to confiscate them, they shall be held equally guilty with those who conceal them.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 48.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.48.49) - [Next: 48.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.48.51) - [Up: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.48) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.48.50) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.21.82) — Classical Chinese - [釋鑑稽古略續集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2038.1.46) — Classical Chinese - [辯偽錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2116.2.35) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.48.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.48.50) · Pramāṇa