唐護法沙門法琳別傳 3.3

3.3

His Majesty is reverent and brilliant, turning his heart toward the path of awakening. Measuring the Bamboo Grove, he raises Buddhist sanctuaries; surpassing the Jetavana, he erects meditation niches. He creates images of the Asanga Honored One and delivers crowds that subdue demons. His benevolence extends to the shores of Ma and his teaching covers Longdui. Among all human beings, who is not soaked in his favor? How would I, Falin, dare to falsely set forth portents and omens to reproach the state? It was merely to counter that Zhongqing that I consequently composed this treatise." Li Wei and others further questioned the Dharma Master, saying: "Fascicle Eight of your treatise states: 'The falsity and error of Daoism truly has its reasons: the stag and the horse differ in form, yet the man of Qin made their appearances one; the qilin and the hornless roe differ in substance, yet the customs of Lu were confused by their likeness. Wishing to demonstrate this to later generations, I examine its falsehood.' But when the purple vapor hovered over the Pass, Yin Xi opened the profundity of the two chapters; when the green ox departed the frontier, Laozi expounded the subtlety of the double mystery. Therefore, Emperors Jing and Wen of the great Han cultivated it without indolence; our Emperor follows in their footsteps, personally practicing it. Now you slander and revile it as superficial and ostentatious, making it hard to emulate Yu's weeping; when examined, your deceit willfully incurs the net of Tang. In the present age,