佛祖歷代通載 10.28

10.28

周武至五月十日。大集群臣。詳鸞上論。以為傷蠧道法不愜本圖。火焚而已。論具如弘明集。周大夫甄鸞者寔高識君子也。弗知懼大敵而勇於小敵者焉。王令詳定二教優劣。直以正見剖析。無使遍意在懷。而著此論褒貶臧否。詩曰。豈弟君子求福不回。其此之謂夫。傷哉火矣。

On the tenth day of the fifth month, Emperor Wu of the Zhou held a great assembly of all his ministers to examine the treatise submitted by Luan. Judging that it harmed and undermined the Daoist teaching and did not accord with his original intention, he had it burned with fire, and that was all. The treatise is recorded in full in the Hongming ji. The Zhou Grand Master Zhen Luan was truly a gentleman of lofty insight. He was not one who feared a great enemy yet was brave against a small enemy. The king ordered him to determine the merits and demerits of the two teachings, and he analyzed them straightforwardly with correct views, without allowing biased inclinations into his heart, authoring this treatise to praise, blame, approve, and condemn. The Classic of Poetry says: 'Gentle and modest is the gentleman, who seeks blessing without deviousness'—does this not apply to him? How lamentable that it was burned!