[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) › 16.55 # 佛祖歷代通載 16.55 佛祖歷代通載 16.55 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [16.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.16.55) 舊唐史贊曰。臣聞黎老言大中故事。獻文皇帝器識深遠。久歷艱難備知人間疾苦。自寶歷已來。中人擅權事多假借。京師豪右大擾窮民。洎大中臨御。一之日權豪斂迹。二之日姦臣畏法。三之日閽寺讋氣。由是刑政不濫賢能效用。百揆四嶽穆若清風。十餘年間頒聲載路。帝宮中衣澣濯之衣。常膳不過數器。非母后侑膳。輒不舉樂。歲或小飢憂形于色。雖左右近習。未嘗見怠墮之容。與群臣言。儼然煦接如對賓僚。或有所陳聞虛襟聽納。故事人主行幸。黃門先以龍腦欝金籍地。獻文悉命去之。宮人有疾醫視之。既瘳即抽金賜之。誡曰。勿令勅使知。謂朕私於侍者。其恭儉好善類如此。季年風毒。召羅浮山人軒轅集。訪以治身之要。集亦有道之士也。未嘗輒語詭異。帝益重之。及堅謂還山。帝曰。先生捨我亟去。國有災者。朕有天下竟得幾年。集索筆橫書四十而去。乃十四年也。興替宜運其若是與。而帝道皇猷始終無闕。雖漢之文景不足過也。惜乎簡籍遺落。舊事十無三四。吮墨揮翰有所慊然。 > The eulogy of the Old Book of Tang says: "Your subject has heard elders speak of the historical precedents of the Dazhong era: Emperor Xianwen possessed profound capacity and insight; having endured hardships for a long time, he fully understood the sufferings of the human world. Ever since the Baoli era, eunuchs had usurped power, and state matters were often decided by them; the powerful and prominent in the capital greatly troubled the destitute populace. When Emperor Xianwen came to the throne, on the first day the powerful and overbearing withdrew their traces; on the second day treacherous ministers feared the laws; on the third day the palace eunuchs were cowed in spirit. Consequently, punishments and governance were not excessive, and the worthy and capable offered their service; the hundred offices and the chiefs of the four quarters were harmonious as a pure breeze. For over ten years, voices of praise filled the roadways. Within the palace, the Emperor wore washed clothes, and his ordinary meals did not exceed a few dishes. Unless his mother, the Empress Dowager, was attending the meal, music was never performed. If there was a minor famine in a year, worry showed upon his face. Even his personal attendants never saw an expression of indolence upon him. When speaking with his ministers, he received them solemnly and warmly as if facing honored guests; whenever anything was reported, he listened and received it with an open mind. According to past precedents, when the ruler traveled, the eunuchs would first spread borneol and saffron to cover the ground; Xianwen ordered all of this removed. When a palace woman fell ill and a physician examined her, once she recovered, he immediately drew out gold to reward the physician, warning: 'Do not let the imperial messengers know, lest they think I show favoritism to the attendant.' His reverence, frugality, and love of goodness were generally like this. In his final years, afflicted by wind-poison, he summoned the hermit of Mount Luofu, Xuanyuan Ji, to inquire into the essentials of cultivating the body. Ji was also a man of the Dao; he never spoke of the bizarre. The Emperor respected him all the more. When Ji firmly requested to return to the mountains, the Emperor said: 'Sir, you are leaving me in haste; if the state suffers calamity, how many years will I actually possess the realm?' Ji asked for a brush, wrote the number 'forty' horizontally, and departed; it signified fourteen years. Is the rise and fall of proper destiny truly like this? Yet the Emperor's Way and imperial virtue were without flaw from beginning to end; even Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing of the Han could not surpass him. It is regrettable that historical records have been lost, and not three or four tenths of the old events remain; moistening the ink and brandishing the brush, one feels a sense of regret." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.16.54) - [Next: 16.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.16.56) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.16.55) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.16.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.16.55) · Pramāṇa