[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) › 11.41 # 佛祖歷代通載 11.41 佛祖歷代通載 11.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [11.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.11.41) 是歲帝得祕讖云。唐三世而後女主武王代有天下。遂密召太史令李淳風訪其事。對曰。臣據術推之。其兆已成。今在陛下宮中矣。逾三十年當有天下。誅唐子孫殆盡。帝曰。疑似者殺之何如。對曰。天命不可易。且真王者不死。徒使疑似之戮淫及無辜。今既在宮。已是陛下眷屬。更三十年又當衰老。老則心慈。雖受終易姓。於陛下子孫或不甚損。今若戮之。即當復生少莊嚴毒。況又立讐則陛下子孫必無遺類。帝善其言而止。 > In this year, the Emperor obtained a secret prophecy stating: "After three generations of the Tang, a female ruler, King Wu, will replace and possess the realm." Thereupon, he secretly summoned the Grand Astrologer Li Chunfeng to inquire about the matter. He replied, "According to my astrological calculations, the omen has already formed; she is now in Your Majesty's palace. After thirty years, she will possess the realm and execute the descendants of the Tang almost to exhaustion." The Emperor said, "What if I execute all who are suspect?" He replied, "Heaven's mandate cannot be altered. Furthermore, a true ruler does not die; you would merely cause executions of suspects to extend excessively to the innocent. Now, since she is already in the palace, she is already among Your Majesty's kin. In another thirty years, she will be old and frail. When old, one's heart is merciful; though she receives the abdication and changes the surname, she might not excessively harm Your Majesty's descendants. If you execute her now, she will immediately be reborn young, vigorous, fierce, and toxic; moreover, harboring enmity, Your Majesty's descendants would surely have no survivors left." The Emperor approved his words and ceased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 11.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.11.40) - [Next: 11.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.11.42) - [Up: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.11) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.11.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.11.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.11.41) · Pramāṇa