[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) › 11.52 # 佛祖歷代通載 11.52 佛祖歷代通載 11.52 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [11.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.11.52) （三十四）　唐史贊曰。甚矣至治之君不世出也。禹有天下傳十有六王。而少康有中興之業。湯有天下傳二十八王。而其甚盛者號稱三宗。武王有天下傳三十六王。而成康之治與宣之功。其餘無所稱焉。雖詩書所載有時闕略。然三代千有七百餘年。傳七十餘君。其卓然著見於後世者。此六七君而已。嗚呼可謂難得也。唐有天下傳世二十。其可稱者三君。玄宗憲宗皆不克其終。盛哉太宗之烈也其除隋之亂。比迹湯武。致治之美。庶幾成康。自古功德兼隆。由漢以來未之有也。至其牽於多愛。復立浮圖。好大喜功勤兵於遠。此中材庸主之所常為。然春秋之法常責備於賢者。是以後世君子之欲成人之美者。莫不歎息於斯焉。 > (34) The Tang History's encomium says: 'How true it is that a ruler of perfect governance appears but once in an age! Yu possessed all under Heaven, transmitting it through sixteen kings, and only Shaokang achieved the work of restoration. Tang possessed all under Heaven, transmitting it through twenty-eight kings, and only the most flourishing were named the Three Ancestors. King Wu possessed all under Heaven, transmitting it through thirty-six kings, and there was only the governance of Cheng and Kang and the achievements of Xuan; of the rest, there is nothing to praise. Although what is recorded in the Classic of Poetry and the Book of Documents is sometimes sparse and incomplete, throughout the more than one thousand seven hundred years of the Three Dynasties with more than seventy monarchs transmitted, those who stood out prominently to later generations were merely these six or seven monarchs. Alas, they may truly be said to be hard to come by! The Tang possessed all under Heaven and transmitted it through twenty generations, and those worthy of praise were only three monarchs. Xuanzong and Xianzong both failed to sustain their reigns to the end. How splendid were the glorious achievements of Taizong! In eliminating the chaos of the Sui, his footsteps matched Tang and Wu; in the beauty of the order he brought, he was almost the equal of Cheng and Kang. Since antiquity, for both merit and virtue to be so abundant has not occurred since the Han. Yet when it came to being swayed by many attachments, re-establishing Buddhist stupas, and delighting in grandiosity, boasting of achievements, and toiling his troops in distant campaigns—these are what mediocre and ordinary rulers routinely do. However, the rule of the Spring and Autumn Annals always holds the worthy to rigorous standards. Therefore, when gentlemen of later generations wish to see the perfection of another's excellence, none fail to sigh with regret over this.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 11.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.11.51) - [Next: 11.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.11.53) - [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.11.52) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.11.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.11.52) · Pramāṇa