弘明集 4.37

4.37

[The opponent] answers: It was also stated: “Phenomena never occur haphazardly, but must be stirred by their kind,” and so forth. If these words were indeed true, then things stirred by their kind would necessarily be equal in weight and lightness, and the state of a shadow and its gnomon would have a measured ratio of length. Decorating wood and earth does not arouse a mind of loving-kindness and pity, and hunting according to the seasons has not yet taken root in a cruel and violent nature. By what reward is one elevated to the glorious bliss of the heavenly palaces? By what punishment is one plunged into the dark suffering of the hells? To claim broadly that [such matters] are completely weighed in balance, yet establish a law without any standard weights and measures—how can it have reached such an extent?