[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) › [宋高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061) › 18.37 # 宋高僧傳 18.37 宋高僧傳 18.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [18.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.18.37) 系曰：昔梁武遣送袈裟入海上山，法秀詣迴向寺，燕師命使尋竹林聖寺，此三緣者名殊而事一，莫是互相改作，同截鶴續鳧否？通曰：「聖人之作，猶門內造車，門外合轍，雖千萬里之遠，事亦符合者，蓋無異路。故如樵子觀仙棊，爛柯非止王質。有多人遇棊，且姓名不同，為爛斧柯者不一。今送衣入聖寺多者，亦如此也。」 > The appraisal says: Formerly, Emperor Wu of Liang sent someone to convey a kāṣāya into the sea and up the mountain; Faxiu went to Huixiang Temple; and Master Yan ordered an envoy to seek the sacred Zhulin Temple. The names in these three affairs are different, but the occurrences are identical; could they be reciprocal rewritings, like severing the legs of a crane to extend those of a duck? We reply: The actions of sages are like fashioning a cart inside a gate and having its ruts match outside the gate; though separated by thousands or tens of thousands of li, if the matters tally, it is because there is no different path. Thus it is like the woodcutter watching the immortals play chess: the rotted axe handle did not happen only to Wang Zhi. Many people have encountered chess games, yet their names and surnames were different; those whose axe handles rotted were not just one person. That there are many instances today of conveying robes to sacred temples is also like this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 18.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.18.36) - [Next: 18.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.18.38) - [Up: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061~en-mt.18.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.18.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.18.37) · Pramāṇa