[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) › 7.31 # 高僧傳 7.31 高僧傳 7.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.31) 淵弟子慧琳，本姓劉，秦郡人。善諸經及《莊》、《老》，排諧好語笑，長於製作，故集有十卷。而為性傲誕，頗自矜伐。淵嘗詣傅亮，琳先在坐，及淵至，琳不為致禮。淵怒之彰色，亮遂罰琳杖二十。宋世祖雅重琳，引見常升獨榻，顏延之每以致譏，帝輒不悅，後著〈白黑論〉，乖於佛理。衡陽太守何承天與琳比狎，雅相擊揚，著〈達性論〉，並拘滯一方，詆呵釋教。顏延之及宗炳撿駁二論，各萬餘言。琳既自毀其法，被斥交州。世云淵公見麻星者，即其人也。 > Daoyuan's disciple Huilin, originally surnamed Liu, was a native of Qin Commandery. He was skilled in various sūtras as well as Zhuangzi and Laozi; he was humorous and fond of laughing, and was adept at literary composition, so his collected works comprised ten fascicles. However, by nature he was arrogant and conceited, boasting considerably of himself. Daoyuan once went to visit Fu Liang; \[Hui\]lin was already seated there, and when Daoyuan arrived, \[Hui\]lin did not pay him respect. Daoyuan's anger showed on his face, so \[Fu\] Liang punished \[Hui\]lin with twenty lashes of the rod. Emperor Shizu of Song held \[Hui\]lin in high esteem and would invite him in, often seating him on a couch of his own; Yan Yanzhi frequently ridiculed this, which invariably displeased the emperor. Later \[Hui\]lin composed the Baihei lun (Discourse on White and Black), which diverged from Buddhist principles. He Chengtian, the Administrator of Hengyang, was intimately close with \[Hui\]lin and they warmly extolled each other; \[He\] composed the Daxing lun (Discourse on Penetrating Nature), and both of them remained rigidly confined to a one-sided view, reviling and rebuking the Śākya teaching. Yan Yanzhi and Zong Bing examined and refuted their two discourses, each writing more than ten thousand words. Having defamed his own Dharma, \[Hui\]lin was banished to Jiaozhou. What the world called 'Master Yuan seeing the hemp-seed star' referred to this person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.30) - [Next: 7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.32) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.7.31) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [釋門自鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.82) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.31) · Pramāṇa