[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) › 1.46 # 弘明集 1.46 弘明集 1.46 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.1.46) 問曰。道皆無為一也。子何以分別羅列云其異乎。更令學者狐疑。僕以為費而無益也。牟子曰。俱謂之草。眾草之性不可勝言。俱謂之金。眾金之性不可勝言。同類殊性。萬物皆然。豈徒道乎。昔楊墨塞群儒之路。車不得前人不得步。孟軻闢之乃知所從。師曠彈琴俟知音之在後。聖人制法冀君子之將覩也。玉石同匱。猗頓為之改色。朱紫相奪。仲尼為之歎息。日月非不明。眾陰蔽其光。佛道非不正。眾私掩其公。是以吾分而別之。臧文之智微生之直。仲尼不假者。皆正世之語。何費而無益乎。 > The questioner asked: All Daos are non-action, which is one. Why do you distinguish and enumerate them, saying that they are different? This causes learners to become suspicious; I consider it wasteful and of no benefit. Mouzi said: All are called 'grasses', yet the natures of the various grasses cannot be fully spoken of; all are called 'metals', yet the natures of the various metals cannot be fully spoken of. Sharing a category but differing in nature: all ten thousand things are like this, how could it be only the Dao? In ancient times, Yang \[Zhu\] and Mo \[Di\] blocked the path of the Confucian scholars; carriages could not advance and men could not walk. Meng Ke refuted them, and only then did people know which way to turn. Master Kuang played the zither, awaiting those who understood his sound in the future; the sages instituted models, hoping that gentlemen would behold them. When jade and stone are in the same casket, Yi Dun changes countenance; when purple displaces vermilion, Zhongni sighs in sorrow. The sun and moon are not unbright, but the multitude of dark clouds obscures their light; the Buddha's Dao is not unrighteous, but the multitude of private biases conceals its impartiality. Therefore I distinguish and separate them. The wisdom of Zang Wenzhong and the uprightness of Weisheng Gao, which Zhongni did not approve of, were both words to rectify the world. How could this be wasteful and of no benefit? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.1.45) - [Next: 1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.1.47) - [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.1.46) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.1.46) · Pramāṇa