[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) › 54.42 # 佛祖統紀 54.42 佛祖統紀 54.42 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [54.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.54.42) ○文中子曰。詩書盛而秦世滅非仲尼之罪也。虛玄長而晉室亂非老莊之罪也。齋戒修而梁國亡非釋迦之罪也（已上釋教）。 > Master Wenzhong said: "That the Odes and Documents flourished yet the Qin dynasty perished was not the fault of Zhongni \[Confucius\]. That abstruse metaphysics waxed yet the Jin imperial house fell into disorder was not the fault of Laozi and Zhuangzi. That vegetarian purifications and precepts were cultivated yet the state of Liang fell was not the fault of Śākyamuni." (The above concludes the Buddhist teaching). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 54.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.54.41) - [Next: 54.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.54.43) - [Up: 54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.54) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.54.42) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [翻譯名義集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.5.161) — 法雲, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.54.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.54.42) · Pramāṇa