[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) › [高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059) › 4.10 # 高僧傳 4.10 高僧傳 4.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.4.10) 暢亦有才思，善為往復，著《人物始義論》等。暢常執麈尾，行每值名賓，輒清談盡日。庾元規謂暢曰：「此麈尾何以常在？」暢曰：「廉者不取，貪者不與，故得常在也。」敏度亦聰哲有譽，著《譯經錄》，今行於世。淵雖德愈暢、度，而別以清約自處，常乞匃自資，人未之識。後因分衛之次，遇陳郡殷浩，浩始問佛經深遠之理，却辯俗書性情之義，自晝之曛浩，不能屈，由是改觀。瑯瑘王茂弘以鼻高眼深戲之，淵曰：「鼻者面之山，眼者面之淵，山不高則不靈，淵不深則不清。」時人以為名答。 > Fachang also possessed talent and intellectual brilliance, and was skilled in dialogue, having authored the Renwu shiyi lun (Treatise on the Fundamental Meanings of Persons and Things) and other works. Fachang constantly held a deer-tail chowry; whenever he encountered famous guests on his travels, he would engage in pure conversation all day long. Yu Yuangui said to Fachang, "Why is this chowry always in your possession?" Fachang replied, "The honest do not take it, and to the greedy I do not give it; therefore it remains ever in my possession." Mindu was likewise intelligent, discerning, and renowned; he authored the Yijing lu (Catalogue of Translated Scriptures), which circulates in the world today. Although Sengyuan's virtue surpassed that of Fachang and Mindu, he uniquely conducted himself with austere simplicity, always sustaining himself by begging for food, so that people did not yet recognize his worth. Later, while on his alms round (piṇḍapāta), he met Yin Hao of Chen Commandery. Hao first questioned him on the profound and far-reaching principles of Buddhist scriptures, and then debated the meaning of human nature and emotions in mundane books. From daytime until dusk, Hao was unable to overcome him, and on account of this changed his view of him. Wang Maohong of Langye teased him on account of his high nose and deep-set eyes, but Sengyuan said, "The nose is the mountain of the face; the eyes are the pools of the face. If a mountain is not high, it is not spiritual; if a pool is not deep, it is not clear." People of the time considered this an exquisite reply. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.4.9) - [Next: 4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.4.11) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.4.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.4.10) · Pramāṇa