佛祖歷代通載 5.51

5.51

問曰。云佛有三十二相。八十種好。何其異於人之甚也。殆富耳之語。非實之云也。牟子曰。諺云。少所見多所怪。覩馲駝言馬腫背。堯眉八彩。舜目重瞳。臯陶馬喙。文王四乳。禹耳三漏。周公背僂。伏羲龍鼻。仲尼反宇。老子日角目玄鼻有雙柱手把十文足蹈二五此非異於人乎。佛之相好奚疑哉。

The questioner asked: "It is said that the Buddha has thirty-two marks and eighty minor signs. Why is he so exceedingly different from human beings? This is probably language meant to dazzle the ears, not an account of reality." Master Mou said: "The proverb says: 'He who has seen little wonders at much; seeing a camel, he calls it a horse with a swollen back.' Yao had eyebrows of eight colors; Shun had double pupils; Gao Yao had a horse's muzzle; King Wen had four breasts; Yu had three ear-holes; the Duke of Zhou was hunchbacked; Fuxi had a dragon's nose; Confucius had a concave skull; Laozi had a sun-shaped forehead, deep-set eyes, nostrils with dual columns, the character for 'ten' in his palms, and the characters for 'two' and 'five' on the soles of his feet. Were these not different from ordinary humans? What doubt can there be about the Buddha's marks and signs?"