[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) › [弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102) › 1.34 # 弘明集 1.34 弘明集 1.34 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.1.34) 牟子曰。何難悟之甚乎。夫言語談論各有時也。蘧瑗曰。國有道則直。國無道則卷而懷之。寧武子國有道則智。國無道則愚。孔子曰。可與言而不與言失人。不可與言而與言失言。故智愚自有時。談論各有意。何為當言論而不行哉。 > Mouzi said: "Why are you so exceedingly difficult to awaken? Speech and debate each have their proper time. Qu Yuan said: 'When the state has the Dao, one is upright; when the state is without the Dao, one rolls it up and keeps it in one's bosom.' When Ning Wuzi's state had the Dao, he was wise; when the state was without the Dao, he was foolish. Confucius said: 'When a man may be spoken with, not to speak with him is to lose the man; when a man may not be spoken with, to speak with him is to waste one's words.' Therefore, wisdom and foolishness have their own times, and speech and debate each have their own intent. Why should one merely speak and debate without practicing?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.1.33) - [Next: 1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.1.35) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102~en-mt.1.34) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.5.61) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.1.34) · Pramāṇa