[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) › 14.9 # 佛祖歷代通載 14.9 佛祖歷代通載 14.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.9) 論曰。無住說法簡當明妙。雅合首楞嚴所謂聞無生滅之旨。宜乎聞者悟悅而信解也。鴻漸靈武策立功臣。家世奉佛。其臨終剔髮鬚服僧衣。遂與宋朝王文王公旦肖焉。雖文正公巨德元勳完名高節卓冠名臣之表非鴻漸所能彷彿。然暮年付囑諸子及其友楊文公大年。丁寧曲折。文公談苑著之甚詳。茲可想見知佛之深而見道之明也。嗚呼吾宗直指當人見聞覺知。一段大事本爾現成。柰何人自棄昧往往終身役役為他間事長無明者。天下碌碌皆是。若二公能自回頭存心後世打徹大事。夫豈易得也哉。 > The commentary says: Wuzhu's preaching of the Dharma was concise, accurate, clear, and subtle, elegantly matching the Śūraṅgama's principle of 'hearing has no production or cessation'; it is proper that those who heard it were enlightened with joy, believed, and understood. Hongjian was a meritorious minister in the accession at Lingwu, and his family had venerated the Buddha for generations. His shaving of hair and beard and donning of monastic robes on the brink of death was identical to Duke Wang Dan (Wang Wenzheng) of the Song dynasty. Although Duke Wenzheng's immense virtue, foremost merit, flawless reputation, and lofty integrity stood preeminent among famous ministers—which Hongjian could not emulate—yet his instructions in his twilight years to his sons and to his friend Duke Yang Danian were earnest and thorough, as recorded in great detail in Wengong's Tanyuan. From this, one can envision the depth of his knowledge of the Buddha and the clarity of his vision of the Way. Alas! Our school points directly to each person's seeing, hearing, perceiving, and knowing; this great matter is originally complete in itself. Why do people neglect and blind themselves, often spending their whole lives toiling for external matters and increasing ignorance, so that the world is entirely filled with such mediocrity? If these two dukes were able to turn around on their own, keep the mind fixed on future lives, and thoroughly penetrate this great matter, how could that be easily achieved! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.8) - [Next: 14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.10) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.14.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.9) · Pramāṇa