[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) › [唐護法沙門法琳別傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2051) › 3.5 # 唐護法沙門法琳別傳 3.5 唐護法沙門法琳別傳 3.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2051.3.5) 帝曰。姜斌既有妖言付獄斬決。又案。後漢明帝永平十四年。道士褚善信等六百九十人。聞佛法入洛。請求捔試。總將道家經書。合三十七部。七百四十四卷。就中五百九卷是道經。餘二百三十五卷。是諸子書。又案。晉葛洪神仙傳云。老教所有度世消災之法。凡九百三十卷。符書等七十卷。總一千卷。又案。宋太始七年。道士陸修靜答明帝云。道家經書。并藥方呪符圖等。總一千二百二十八卷云。一千九十卷已行於世。一百三十八卷猶隱在天宮。案今玄都經目錄云。依宋人陸修靜所上目。今乃言有六千三百六十三卷云。二千四十卷見有其本。四千三百二十三卷並未見本。以此詳撿事跡可知。詭妄之由曝之圖史。若據蕭溫等議。止有道德二篇。如取漢帝挍量。便應七百餘卷。約葛洪神仙之說。僅有一千。准修靜所上目中。過前九十。又撿玄都經錄。轉復彌多。既其先後不同。足知虛妄明矣。增加卷軸添足篇章。依傍佛經改頭換尾。或道名山自出。時唱仙洞飛來。何乃黃領獨知英賢不覩。請問當今道士。推勘後出之經。為是老子別陳。為是天尊更說。縱其說也應有時方。為是何代何邦何年何月。如其有據容可流行。若是妄言理須焚剪。當今明朝馭宇承蔽百王。聖上臨軒應期千載。方欲廣敷五教。杜絕妖妄之書。重述九疇。弘揚要道之訓。豈敢以麟麕刺上鹿馬譏朝。但以無識黃巾混其真偽。管見道士不別是非。所以借況秦人譬之魯俗。若乾坤之象龍馬。豈天地則可騰驤。理固不然。如何見責。 > 'The Emperor said: "Since Jiang Bin has uttered demonic words, deliver him to prison to be beheaded." Furthermore, according to records: in the fourteenth year of Yongping of Emperor Ming of the Later Han, Chu Shanxin and other Daoists, numbering six hundred and ninety persons, heard that the Buddhadharma had entered Luoyang and requested a contest. They brought all their Daoist scriptures and books, altogether thirty-seven sections and seven hundred and forty-four rolls; among them, five hundred and nine rolls were Daoist scriptures, and the remaining two hundred and thirty-five rolls were writings of the various philosophers. Furthermore, according to records: the Jin dynasty Ge Hong's Shenxian zhuan says that the methods for crossing over the world and dispelling calamities possessed by Laozi's teachings are nine hundred and thirty rolls in all, with talismanic texts and the like in seventy rolls, totalling one thousand rolls. Furthermore, according to records: in the seventh year of Taishi of the Song dynasty, the Daoist Lu Xiujing replied to Emperor Ming that Daoist scriptures, books, medical prescriptions, mantras, talismans, diagrams, and so forth numbered one thousand two hundred and twenty-eight rolls in all, saying that one thousand and ninety rolls were already circulating in the world, while one hundred and thirty-eight rolls remained hidden in the celestial palace. According to the present Xuandu Scripture Catalogue, which relies on the catalogue submitted by Lu Xiujing of the Song, it now claims that there are six thousand three hundred and sixty-three rolls, stating that two thousand and forty rolls have existing texts, while four thousand three hundred and twenty-three rolls have no existing text seen. Examining these matters in detail, the facts are clearly known; the origins of their deception and falsehood are laid bare in the records and histories. If we rely on the deliberation of Xiao and Wen, there are only the two chapters of the Dao and De. If we take the verification of the Han Emperor, there should be over seven hundred rolls. Restricting ourselves to Ge Hong's account of the immortals, there are barely one thousand. According to the catalogue submitted by Lu Xiujing, it exceeds the former by ninety. Moreover, checking the Xuandu Scripture Catalogue, they have multiplied all the more. Since the earlier and later accounts do not agree, it is sufficient to know that their falsehood is obvious! They expanded the rolls and supplemented the chapters, relying on Buddhist sūtras and merely swapping the heads and tails; or they claimed they emerged naturally from famous mountains, or repeatedly declared they flew out from caves of the immortals. Why should only the yellow-collared \[Daoists\] know this, while the eminent and worthy never see it? Let me ask the Daoists of today to investigate the scriptures that appeared later: did Laozi state them separately, or did the Tianzun preach them again? Even if he preached them, there should be a time and place: which dynasty, which country, which year, which month? If there is evidence, they might be allowed to circulate; if they are reckless words, by principle they must be burned and cut away. Now the enlightened court governs the realm, succeeding the blind spots of a hundred kings; the sacred emperor ascends the hall, matching the destined cycle of a thousand years. He is just about to broadly promulgate the five instructions and extinguish monstrous and deceitful books, re-expounding the Nine Categories and propagating the teachings of the essential Way. How could Lin dare use the qilin and roebuck to satirize the sovereign, or the deer and horse to criticize the court? It is only that the ignorant Yellow Turbans confuse the true and false, and the Daoists of narrow vision do not distinguish right from wrong. Therefore, I borrowed the analogy of the men of Qin and compared them to the customs of Lu. If the hexagrams of Qian and Kun correspond to the dragon and the horse, could heaven and earth themselves jump and gallop? The principle is certainly not so; why am I blamed?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2051.3.4) - [Next: 3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2051.3.6) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2051.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2051~en-mt.3.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55.70) — 道世, Classical Chinese - [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.21.99) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2051.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2051.3.5) · Pramāṇa