廣弘明集 10.19

10.19

詔曰。卿言道俗天殊全乖內外。亦可道應自道無預於俗。釋應自釋莫依於儒。道若惟道。道何所利。佛若獨佛。化有何功。故道俗相資儒釋更顯。卿不因朕言。卿欲何論。是以內外抑揚廢興彼此。今國法不行王法所斷。廢興在數常理無違。義無常興廢有何咎。

The edict said: "You say that the sacred and the profane are as far apart as heaven and earth, completely divergent as external and internal. Then the sacred ought to remain sacred by itself without meddling in the profane, and Buddhism ought to remain Buddhism by itself without relying on Confucianism. If the sacred were only the sacred, what benefit would it bring? If the Buddha were solely the Buddha, what efficacy would his transformation have? Therefore the sacred and the profane support one another, and Confucianism and Buddhism make each other more manifest. Had you not relied on Our words, what could you have discussed? Thus the internal and external are suppressed and promoted, abolishing and establishing one another. Now the religious law cannot be practiced; it is cut off by the king's law. Abolition and promotion lie in destined cycles, not conflicting with constant principles. There is no principle of eternal flourishing; what fault is there in abolition?"