佛祖歷代通載 5.54

5.54

問曰。黃帝垂衣裳製服飾。箕子陳洪範。貌為五事首。孔子作孝經。服為三德始。又曰。正其衣冠尊其瞻視。原憲雖貧不離華冠。子路遇難不忘結纓。今沙門剃頭髮被赤布。見人無跪起之禮儀。無盤旋之容正。何其違貌服之制。乖搢紳之飾也。牟子曰。老子云。上德不德。是以有德。下德不失德。是以無德。三皇之時。食肉衣皮巢居穴處。以崇質朴。豈復須章甫之冠。曲裘之飾哉。然其人稱有德而敦龐。正信而無為。沙門之行有似之矣。或曰。如子之言。則黃帝堯舜周孔之儔。棄而不足法也。牟子曰。夫見博則不迷。聽聰則不惑。堯舜周孔修世事也。佛與老子無為志也。仲尼栖栖七十餘國。許由聞禪洗耳於淵。君子之道。或出或處。或默或語。不溢其情。不淫其性。故其道為貴。在乎所用。何棄之有乎。

The questioner asked: "The Yellow Emperor let fall his robes and made garments and adornments. Jizi laid out the Great Plan, where bodily appearance is the first of the five matters. Confucius composed the Classic of Filial Piety, where dress is the beginning of the three virtues. It is also said: 'Straighten his clothes and cap, make dignified his gaze.' Yuan Xian, though poor, did not part with his splendid cap; Zilu, when facing calamity, did not forget to tie the tassel of his cap. Now the śramaṇas shave their heads and hair and wear red cloth; when meeting people, they have no etiquette of kneeling and rising, and lack the correct composure of circumspect deportment. Why do they so completely violate the regulations of appearance and dress, and run contrary to the adornments of the tablet-bearing gentry?" Master Mou said: "Laozi says: 'High virtue is not virtuous, therefore it possesses virtue; low virtue does not lose virtue, therefore it lacks virtue.' In the time of the Three Sovereigns, people ate meat, wore skins, nested in trees, and lived in caves, thereby exalting simplicity and plainness. Did they ever require the cap of Zhangfu or the ornamentation of curved fur robes? Yet those people were acclaimed as possessing virtue, being simple and substantial, upright, faithful, and without contrived action. The conduct of the śramaṇa bears resemblance to this." Someone said: "According to your words, then the company of the Yellow Emperor, Yao, Shun, the Duke of Zhou, and Confucius should be discarded and are not worth emulating?" Master Mou said: "Now, when one's sight is broad, one is not deluded; when one's hearing is acute, one is not confused. Yao, Shun, the Duke of Zhou, and Confucius cultivated worldly affairs; the Buddha and Laozi had the aspiration of non-action. Confucius traveled restlessly through more than seventy states; Xu You, hearing of the abdication, washed his ears in a pool. As for the way of the gentleman, he sometimes appears and sometimes stays in retirement, sometimes is silent and sometimes speaks, not letting his emotions overflow, nor corrupting his nature. Therefore, his way is valued according to its application. What is there to discard?"