弘明集 14.18

14.18

My collection, the Hongming [ji], was made to defend the Dharma against offense. Elegant treatises by broad-minded scholars and marvelous expositions by superior men—the rams that smash heterodoxy and destroy doubt, the moats that propagate the Way and defend the Dharma—are already complete within it. However, the wise are not deluded, while the deluded run contrary to wisdom. If one guides them by the profound Dharma, in the end they will fail to grasp it. Therefore, I have once again summarized secular classics and pointed to affairs to draw proof. The language is not ornate, and the principle returns to substance and truth. May people on the deluded paths return before straying too far, so that all doubts are fully resolved. Hence it is called the Hongming lun.