[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) › 3.40 # 釋氏稽古略 3.40 釋氏稽古略 3.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.40) 癸卯貞觀十七年二月。帝問諫議大夫褚遂良曰。舜造漆器諫者十餘人。此何足諫。對曰。奢侈者危亡之本。漆器不已。將以金玉為之。忠臣愛君必防其漸。若禍亂已成無所復諫矣。帝曰。然朕有過。卿亦當諫其漸。帝曰。人主唯有一心。而攻之者甚眾。或以勇力。或以辯口。或以諂諛或以奸詐。或以嗜慾。輻輳攻之。各求自售以取寵祿。人主少懈而受其一則危亡隨之。此其所以難也（帝紀）。 > In the gui-mao year, the seventeenth year of the Zhenguan era, in the second month, the Emperor asked the Grand Councillor of the Chancellery Chu Suiliang: "When Shun manufactured lacquerware, more than ten people remonstrated with him. How was this worthy of remonstrance?" Chu replied: "Extravagance is the root of peril and ruin. If lacquerware does not stop, one will proceed to make vessels of gold and jade. A loyal minister loving his lord must check it at its incipient stage. If disaster and disorder have already formed, there will be nothing left to remonstrate." The Emperor said: "Indeed, when I make an error, you must also remonstrate at its incipient stage." The Emperor said: "The sovereign of men has but a single mind, yet those who attack it are very numerous. Some use courage and strength, some use glib tongues, some use flattery, some use deceit, and some use sensual desires. Converging like the spokes of a wheel, they attack it, each seeking to sell themselves to gain favor and emolument. If the sovereign of men is slightly remiss and yields to one of them, then peril and ruin follow upon it. This is why it is difficult" (Imperial Annals). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.39) - [Next: 3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.41) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037~en-mt.3.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.40) · Pramāṇa