佛祖歷代通載 2.82

2.82

吳太伯（太王子。與弟虞仲奔于荊蠻。斷髮文身示不可用。以辟季歷。荊人立為君。號曰勾。吳。武王克殷。封章為吳章。至壽夢十九世稱王夢生四子。次曰季扎。大有賢德。欲立扎。扎讓兄諸礬。吳人同立扎。扎又舍之。至餘祭立封扎于延陵。自太伯至夫差。二十五世。越王勾踐滅之。周章至夫差。二十一君。六百五十五年。敬王時也）列子曰。昔吳太宰問孔子曰（夫子聖者與。曰丘博識強記。非聖人也。三王聖者與。曰三王善用智勇。聖非丘所知。五帝聖者與。曰五帝善用仁信。聖則非丘所知。三皇聖者與。曰三皇善用時政。聖則丘弗知。太宰嚭駭曰。然則孰為聖者與。夫子有閒動容而對曰。西方有聖者焉。不治而不亂。不言而自信。不化而自行。蕩蕩乎民無能名焉）。

Taibo of Wu (son of King Tai. Together with his younger brother Yuzhong, he fled to the Jing Man, cutting their hair and tattooing their bodies to show they were unfit for use, in order to make way for Jili. The people of Jing established him as their ruler, naming him Gou Wu. When King Wu conquered Yin, he enfeoffed Zhang as Wu Zhang. Down to Shoumeng, in the nineteenth generation, they claimed the title of king. Meng had four sons, the next of whom was called Jizha. He possessed great virtue, and [Shoumeng] wished to establish Zha. Zha yielded to his elder brother Zhufan. The people of Wu together sought to establish Zha, but Zha renounced it again. When Yuji acceded, he enfeoffed Zha at Yanling. From Taibo to Fuchai, there were twenty-five generations, and King Goujian of Yue destroyed them. From Zhouzhang to Fuchai, there were twenty-one rulers and six hundred and fifty-five years; this was in the time of King Jing). Liezi says: Anciently, the Grand Minister of Wu asked Confucius, saying: ("Is the Master a sage?" Confucius said: "Qiu possesses broad knowledge and a strong memory; I am no sage." "Were the Three Kings sages?" He said: "The Three Kings were adept in employing wisdom and courage; whether they were sages is not known to Qiu." "Were the Five Thearchs sages?" He said: "The Five Thearchs were adept in employing benevolence and trustworthiness; whether they were sages is not known to Qiu." "Were the Three Sovereigns sages?" He said: "The Three Sovereigns were adept in using timely governance; whether they were sages is not known to Qiu." The Grand Minister Pi was astonished and said: "If so, then who is a sage?" After a pause, the Master altered his expression and replied: "In the West there is a sage. He does not govern, yet there is no disorder; he does not speak, yet he is spontaneously trusted; he does not transform, yet [the way] spontaneously progresses. So vast and boundless is he that the people cannot name him!").