[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) › 8.20 # 弘明集 8.20 弘明集 8.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.8.20) 夫五㪷米教出自天師。後生邪濁復立米民。世人厭畏。是以子明杜恭俱因魔蟒。又塗炭齋者。事起張魯。氐夷難化故制斯法乃驢輾泥中。黃鹵泥面。擿頭懸𭡧。埏埴使熟。此法指在邊陲不施華夏。至義熙初。有王公。其次貪寶憚苦。竊省打拍。吳陸修靜甚知源僻。猶埿揬額懸縻而已。癡僻之極。幸勿言道。 > The Five Pecks of Rice teaching originated from the Celestial Master. Later generations became depraved and turbid, establishing anew the 'Rice People', who were abhorred and feared by the world. Thus Ziming and Du Gong both arose on account of demonic serpents. Furthermore, the 'Fast of Mud and Charcoal' originated with Zhang Lu. Because the Di and Yi barbarians were hard to transform, he instituted this method: having them roll like donkeys in the mud, smearing yellow brine and mud on their faces, disheveling their hair and hanging ropes around their necks, working them like potter's clay until thoroughly subdued. This method was intended for the borderlands, not to be implemented in the central lands. At the beginning of the Yixi era, there was Prince Wang, whose successors were greedy for treasures and shrank from hardship, secretly omitting the beatings. Lu Xiujing of Wu knew well that its origin was depraved, yet he still merely smeared the forehead and hung ropes. It is the height of foolish depravity; pray do not call it the Dao! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.8.19) - [Next: 8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.8.21) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102~en-mt.8.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.8.20) · Pramāṇa