弘明集 5.49

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5.49

Someone asked: 'The śramaṇa's baring the shoulder comes from the Buddhist teachings; is it ritual propriety?' I answered: 'Yes.' He asked: 'The Three Dynasties had distinct institutions and their ritual proprieties were not identical; the changes between substance and ornament were fully recorded in earlier canons, yet the Buddhist teachings fall outside them. The debaters all have doubts about this. If there is a deep import, please instruct me in what I have not heard.'

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弘明集 — 僧祐, Classical Chinese