[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) › 6.39 # 弘明集 6.39 弘明集 6.39 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.6.39) 通源曰。殊時故不同其風。異世故不一其義。吾見道士與道人戰儒墨道人與道士獄是非。昔有鴻飛天首積遠難鳧。越人以為鳧。楚人以為乙。人自楚越耳。鴻常一鴻乎。夫澄本雖一吾自俱宗其本鴻跡既分。吾已翔其所集。 > Penetrating the Source says: Because their times were different, their customs were not the same; because their ages were diverse, their significance was not identical. I see Daoists battling with śramaṇas, and Confucians, Mohists, and śramaṇas holding trials of right and wrong with Daoists. Once, a wild goose flew across the expanse of the sky; because of its great distance, it was hard to tell from a duck. A person of Yue took it for a duck, and a person of Chu took it for a swallow. The people were merely of Chu and Yue—was the wild goose ever anything other than one wild goose? Although the pure root is one, I naturally revere both; as its root has poured forth and its traces have divided, I have already soared to where it settles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.6.38) - [Next: 6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.6.40) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102~en-mt.6.39) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.6.39) · Pramāṇa