弘明集 1.31

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1.31

The questioner said: "Laozi said: 'Those who know do not speak; those who speak do not know.' He also said: 'Great eloquence is like stammering; great skill is like clumsiness.' A gentleman is ashamed when his words exceed his actions. If śramaṇas possess the utmost Dao, why do they not sit and practice it? Why do they instead converse on right and wrong and debate the crooked and the straight? I consider this to be the thief of conduct and virtue."

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弘明集 — 僧祐, Classical Chinese