[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) › 11.9 # 佛祖歷代通載 11.9 佛祖歷代通載 11.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.11.9) （丙戌）　九年太史令傅奕。前後七上疏請除罷釋氏。詞皆激切。帝春秋高而優柔無斷。頗信之。以其疏付群臣雜議。大臣皆言佛法興自累朝。弘善遏惡冥助國家。理無廢棄。獨太僕卿張道源。附奕稱其奏合理。宰相蕭瑀廷斥奕曰。佛聖人也。奕為此議非聖人者無法。請寘嚴刑。奕曰。禮本於事親。終於事君。此則忠孝之禮著。臣子之道成。佛逾城出家逃背其父。以匹夫抗天子。以繼體悖所親。瑀非出於空桑。而反尊無父之教。臣聞非孝者無親。瑀之謂矣。瑀曰。地獄正為此人設也（已上見舊唐史）。 > (Bingxu \[ninth year of Wude, 626 CE\]) In the ninth year, Fu Yi, Grand Astrologer, submitted memorials requesting the abolition of the Buddhist teachings seven times in total; his wording was vehement and intense. The Emperor, advanced in years, was gentle and indecisive, and was quite inclined to believe him. He submitted his memorials to the assembly of officials for mixed deliberation. The high ministers all said: "The Buddha Dharma has flourished through successive dynasties; it promotes goodness, checks evil, and invisibly aids the state. In principle, it should not be discarded." Only Zhang Daoyuan, Minister of the Imperial Stud, allied with Yi and praised his memorial as being reasonable. The Chief Minister Xiao Yu rebuked Yi at court, saying: "The Buddha is a sage! Fu Yi raises this argument: 'He who denies the sages possesses no law.' I request that he be placed under severe punishment!" Yi said: "Ritual is rooted in serving one's parents and culminates in serving one's sovereign; in this, the ritual of loyalty and filiality is manifested, and the way of minister and son is fulfilled. The Buddha scaled the city wall and underwent pravrajyā, fleeing and turning his back on his father; as a common fellow he defied the Son of Heaven, and as an heir to the lineage he rebelled against his parents. Xiao Yu did not emerge from a hollow mulberry tree, yet he conversely venerates a fatherless teaching! I have heard: 'He who denies filiality has no parents.' This refers to Xiao Yu!" Yu said: "Hell was established precisely for this man!" (The above is found in the Old History of the Tang). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.11.8) - [Next: 11.10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.11.10.1) - [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.11.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.11.9) · Pramāṇa