[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) › [大唐西域記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087) › 12.53 # 大唐西域記 12.53 大唐西域記 12.53 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.12.53) 「法師妙窮梵學，式贊深經，覽文如已，轉音猶響；敬順聖旨，不加文飾；方言不通，梵語無譯，務存陶治，取正典謩，推而考之，恐乖實矣。有搢紳先生，動色相趣，儼然而進曰：『夫印度之為國也，靈聖之所降集，賢懿之所挺生。書稱天書，語為天語；文辭婉密，音韻循環；或一言貫多義，或一義綜多言；聲有抑揚，調裁清濁。梵文深致，譯寄明人，經旨冲玄，義資盛德。若其裁以筆削，調以宮商，實所未安，誠非讜論。傳經深旨，務從易曉，苟不違本，斯則為善。文過則艶，質甚則野。讜而不文，辯而不質，則可無大過矣，始可與言譯也。李老曰：「美言者則不信，信言者則不美。」韓子曰：「理正者直其言，言飾者昧其理。」是知垂訓範物，義本玄同，庶袪蒙滯，將存利喜，違本從文，所害滋甚。率由舊章，法王之至誠也。』緇、素僉曰：『渝乎，斯言讜矣！昔孔子在位聽訟，文辭有與人共者，弗獨有也；至於修《春秋》，筆則筆，削則削，游、夏之徒，孔門文學，嘗不能贊一辭焉。法師之譯經，亦猶是也。非如童壽逍遙之集文，任生、肇、融、叡之筆。況乎园方為圓之世，斵彫從朴之時，其可增損聖旨，綺藻經文者歟。』 - [Previous: 12.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.12.52) - [Next: 12.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.12.54) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.12.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.12.53) · Pramāṇa