[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) › 12.39 # 弘明集 12.39 弘明集 12.39 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.39) 省所陳具情旨。幽昧之事誠非寓言所盡。然其較略及大人神常度。粗復有分例耳。大都百王制法。雖質文隨時。然未有以殊俗參治恢誕雜化者也。豈曩聖之不達。來聖之宏通哉。且五戒之才善粗擬似人倫。而更於世主略其禮敬耶。禮重矣。敬大矣。為治之綱盡於此矣。萬乘之君非好尊也。區域之民非好卑也。而卑尊不陳王教不得不一。二之則亂。斯曩聖所以憲章體國。所宜不惑也。通才博採往備其事。修之家可矣。修之國及朝則不可。斯豈不遠也。省所陳果亦未能了有之與無矣。縱其了猶謂不可以參治。而況都無而當以兩行耶。 > "I have examined what was stated; the feelings and intents are complete. Truly, matters of the obscure realm cannot be fully conveyed by parables. Yet their general outline, and the eternal standards of great persons and spirits, roughly have their distinctions and categories. Generally speaking, when the hundred kings instituted laws, although substantiality and refinement varied with the times, none ever mixed governance with disparate customs or mingled transformations with the grandiose and absurd. Could it be that the past sages were not perceptive, while the coming sages are broadly penetrating? Furthermore, the minor goodness of the five precepts roughly resembles human relations, yet should they omit ritual respect toward the lord of the world? Rites are heavy; respect is great; the mainstays of governance are exhausted in this. The lord of ten thousand chariots does not love honor, nor do the people of the realm love humility; yet if the lowly and the honored are not set forth, the king's teaching cannot be unified. If it is divided in two, there will be disorder. This is how the past sages codified laws to embody the state, about which one ought not to be confused. A person of versatile talent may gather broadly and go prepare those affairs; cultivating them at home is acceptable, but cultivating them in the state and the court is unacceptable. How could this not be clear? Examining what was stated, you truly also have not been able to clarify whether it exists or not. Even if you clarified it, I would still hold that it cannot participate in governance; how much more so when it is wholly non-existent, should it be practiced side by side?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.38) - [Next: 12.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.40) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102~en-mt.12.39) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [集沙門不應拜俗等事](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.1.22) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.39) · Pramāṇa