佛祖歷代通載 20.101

20.101

橫渠曰。浮圖必謂死生轉流。非得道不免。謂之悟道。自其說熾傳中國。雖英才間氣。生則溺耳目恬習之事。長則師世儒崇尚之言。遂冥然被驅。謂聖人可不修而至。大道可不學而知。故未識聖人心。已謂不必求其跡。未見君子志。已謂不必事其文。此人倫所以不察。庶物所以不明。治所以忽。德所以亂。異言滿耳。上無禮以防其偽。下無學以稽其弊。詖婬邪遁之辭翕然並興。一出于佛氏之門者。千五百年。自非獨立不懼精一。自信有大過人之才。可以正立其間與之較是非計得失乎。

Hengqu (Zhang Zai) said: 'The Buddhists necessarily claim that birth and death revolve in transmigration, and that unless one attains the Way, one cannot escape it; this they call "awakening to the Way." Ever since their doctrines spread fiercely throughout the Central Land, even outstanding talents and extraordinary men have, in their youth, been drowned in the familiar habits of sight and hearing, and when grown, have taken the revered words of contemporary Confucians as their models. Thus blindly driven, they assert that the sage can be attained without cultivation, and the Great Way can be known without learning. Hence, before knowing the sage's mind, they already claim there is no need to seek his traces; before seeing the gentleman's intent, they already claim there is no need to engage his texts. This is the reason why human relations are not examined and myriad things are not understood; why order is neglected and virtue is disordered. Strange discourses fill their ears: above, there are no rites to guard against their falsity; below, there is no learning to scrutinize their corruptions. Biased, extravagant, heretical, and evasive words have risen up together, all issuing from the gates of the Buddhists for fifteen hundred years. Unless one stands alone without fear, is singular and undivided, and has confidence in possessing talent far exceeding ordinary men, how could one stand upright in their midst to contest their right and wrong and weigh their gains and losses?'