[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) › 6.22 # 佛祖統紀 6.22 佛祖統紀 6.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.6.22) 贊曰。舍天台之學而欲識佛法意者。未足與議也。故自夫聖教東度。經論遍弘。唯任己心莫知正義。齊梁之際挺出諸賢。盛演法華立言判教。一音四相之說。四時六宗之談。眾制紛紜。相傾相奪。南三北七競化當時。猶夫粟散小王妄自尊大（補注。置粟盤中。各分位。以喻諸小王也）而不知金輪飛行統御四海威德之盛也。惟我智者大禪師。天縱之聖備諸功德。以為纘承祖父三觀之緒。未遂光大。於是約法華悟門。說止觀大道。立經陳紀為萬世法。至於盛破光宅則餘者望風。遍難四宗則他皆失據宣布至化坐致太平。非夫間生聖人。其孰能為此大業者哉。然則欲識佛法意者。其唯天台之學乎。 > The appraisal says: Those who abandon the learning of Tiantai and yet wish to understand the intent of the Buddha's teaching are not worthy to be conversed with. Therefore, ever since the sacred teachings crossed to the east, sūtras and treatises were propagated everywhere, yet people merely indulged their own minds, none knowing the correct meaning. In the Qi and Liang periods, various worthy masters stood out, extensively expounding the Lotus Sūtra and establishing theories to classify the teachings. With theories of the one voice and four aspects, and discussions of the four periods and six tenets, their diverse formulations were tangled, competing with and supplanting one another. The three southern and seven northern schools vied to convert that era, just like scattered petty kings of millet grains arrogantly puffing themselves up—(Supplementary note: Putting millet in a dish, each occupying a place, is a metaphor for the petty kings)—not knowing the flying progress of the golden wheel and the abundant majestic virtue that governs the four seas! Only our Great Dhyāna Master Zhiyi, a sage endowed by Heaven, was equipped with all merits. Considering that the succession of the three contemplations of the ancestors had not yet achieved magnificence, he thereupon took the Lotus Sūtra's gate of awakening to preach the great path of calming and contemplation, establishing the scriptures and displaying the principles as a model for ten thousand generations. When he decisively refuted Guangzhai, the others scattered like wind before him; when he thoroughly challenged the four schools, the rest lost their ground. He proclaimed the ultimate transformation and effortlessly brought about great peace. Had he not been a sage born for the times, who could have accomplished this great enterprise? Thus, if one wishes to understand the intent of the Buddha's teaching, is it not found solely in the learning of Tiantai? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.6.21) - [Next: 6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.6.23) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.6.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.6.22) · Pramāṇa