[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) › [釋氏稽古略](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037) › 2.297 # 釋氏稽古略 2.297 釋氏稽古略 2.297 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.297](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.297) 李士謙　開皇八年卒。謙宗約少喪父事母以孝聞。其族長伯瑒每嘆曰。此子吾家顏子也。謙施藥散穀積三十年。雅好佛舉止約以戒定。有謂其修陰德。謙笑曰。夫陰德其猶耳鳴。惟己自知人無得而知者。今吾所作仁者皆知。何陰德之有。謙最善玄言。有疑佛報應之說。士謙喻之曰。不聞易經乎。積善餘慶積惡為殃。豈非休咎之徵邪。客又問三教優劣。士謙曰。佛日也。道月也。儒五星也。客有省焉（北史）。 > Li Shiqian died in the eighth year of Kaihuang. Shiqian's style was Zhiyue. Having lost his father at a young age, he served his mother and was renowned for his filial piety. The elder of his clan, Bo Yang, would often sigh and say, "This boy is the Yanzi of our family." Shiqian distributed medicine and dispensed grain for thirty years. He was especially fond of Buddhism, and his deportment was restrained through precepts and samādhi. When someone said that he was cultivating hidden virtue, Shiqian smiled and said, "Hidden virtue is like ringing in the ears: only oneself knows it, and others have no way of knowing it. Now all the benevolent know what I have done; how can this be hidden virtue?" Shiqian was exceptionally adept at metaphysical discourse. When someone doubted the doctrine of karmic retribution in Buddhism, Shiqian instructed him with an analogy, saying: "Have you not heard the Book of Changes? 'A family that accumulates good deeds will have abundant blessings, while a family that accumulates evil deeds will have abundant calamities.' Are these not signs of good and ill fortune?" The guest also asked about the relative merits of the three teachings. Shiqian said: "The Buddha is the sun, Daoism is the moon, and Confucianism is the five planets." The guest attained awakening at this (Bei shi). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.296](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.296) - [Next: 2.298](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.298) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037~en-mt.2.297) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.39.12) — 志磐, Classical Chinese - [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.10.58) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.297](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.297) · Pramāṇa