[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) › 13.10 # 佛祖歷代通載 13.10 佛祖歷代通載 13.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [13.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.13.10) 論曰。荊國王文公嘗問張文定公曰。去孔子百年而有孟。軻此後迨孔孟者為。誰何吾道之寥寥乎。文定沈吟久之曰。有人第恐過之耳。曰誰耶。文定曰。南嶽讓嵩山珪馬祖石頭丹霞無業。若此類。孔孟之教轡勒不住。故歸釋氏矣。文公深肯之。其後張公無盡聞之歎曰。達人之論也。然嵩山蓋祖庭之旁出者也。其感應超絕說法沛然如此。則南嶽而下的傳正續宗師。世教轡勒不住。端可見矣。二三公之讜論。渠不信夫。 > The appraisal says: Duke Wen of Jing, Wang Anshi, once asked Duke Wending, Zhang Dun: 'A century after Confucius, there was Mencius. After Ke, who came close to Confucius and Mencius? Why has our Way become so desolate?' Wending pondered for a long time and said: 'There are men, but I only fear they have surpassed them.' Wang asked: 'Who are they?' Wending said: 'Rang of Nanyue, Gui of Songshan, Mazu, Shitou, Danxia, Wuye—men of this kind could not be reined in by the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, and therefore took refuge in Śākya's school.' Duke Wen deeply assented to this. Later, Duke Zhang Wujin heard this and sighed, saying: 'This is the discourse of a man of profound understanding! Yet Songshan was merely an offshoot of the ancestral court; since his resonance with the supernatural was so transcendent and his exposition of the Dharma so surging, one can plainly see that the true lineage masters who handed down the transmission directly from Nanyue onward could not be restrained by the bridle of worldly teachings. How could one not believe the righteous discourse of these two or three gentlemen?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.13.9) - [Next: 13.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.13.11) - [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.13.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.13.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.13.10) · Pramāṇa