[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) › [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036) › 10.27 # 佛祖歷代通載 10.27 佛祖歷代通載 10.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.10.27) （十一）　切以佛道二教事迹不同。出沒隱顯變通亦異。幽微妙密未易詳度。且一件相對。佛者以因緣為宗。道者以自然為義。自然者無為而成。因緣者積行乃證。春秋傳曰。君所謂可而有否焉。臣獻其可以去其否。臣亦何人。奉勅降問。敢不實答。其道德二篇可為儒林之宗。疑紕繆者去其兩端。請量刪定。按五千文曰。上士聞道勤而行之。中士聞道若存若亡。下士聞道則大笑之。不笑不名為道。臣諏率下士見為笑道論三卷。合三十六條。三卷者笑其三洞之名。三十六條者笑其道經有三十六部。戰汗上呈心魂失守（出弘明集）。 > (11) "I venture to observe that the historical traces of the two teachings of Buddhism and Daoism are not the same; their emergence, concealment, and adaptations also differ. Their profound, subtle, and esoteric aspects are not easily measured in detail. Moreover, comparing the two, Buddhism takes dependent origination as its fundamental principle, while Daoism takes spontaneity as its meaning. Spontaneity accomplishes without intentional action, while dependent origination requires accumulating practices before realization. The Zuo Commentary says: 'When what the lord considers acceptable contains what is unacceptable, the minister presents what is acceptable in order to remove what is unacceptable.' Who am I, having received the imperial decree to inquire, to dare not reply truthfully? The two chapters of the Daodejing may serve as the ancestor of the Confucian scholars; as for what is suspected to be erroneous, remove the two extremes, and I request that it be appropriately edited and abridged. According to the Five-Thousand-Character text: 'When a superior person hears of the Way, he diligently practices it. When an average person hears of the Way, he seems to have it and seems to lack it. When an inferior person hears of the Way, he laughs loudly at it. If he did not laugh, it would not be worthy of being called the Way.' Your subject, consulting the viewpoint of an inferior person, has composed the Treatise of Laughing at the Dao in three rolls, totaling thirty-six sections. The three rolls laugh at their name of the Three Caverns; the thirty-six sections laugh at the thirty-six divisions of Daoist scriptures. Trembling with sweat, I submit this, my mind and spirit beside themselves." (Drawn from the Hongming ji). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.10.26) - [Next: 10.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.10.28) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.10.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.10.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.10.27) · Pramāṇa