廣弘明集 13.141

13.141

外論曰。夫華夷語韻不同。然佛經稱釋迦牟尼者此是胡語。此土翻譯乃曰能儒。能儒之名位卑周孔。故沒其能儒之劣名。而存釋迦之戎號所言阿耨多羅三藐三菩提者。漢言阿無也。耨多羅。上也。三藐三。正遍知也。菩提道也。此土先有無上正真之道老莊之教胡法無以為異。故不翻譯。又菩薩摩訶薩者。漢言大善心眾生。此名下劣非為上士。掩其鄙稱亦莫有翻。凡不譯之流。其例如是。曚覆世俗惑亂物心。然厭舊尚新。流蕩之常弊。惡同好異。恒俗之鄙情。是以邯鄲有匍匐之賓。弱喪有忘歸之客。世不能知。其迷七也。

The External Discourse says: Now, the speech and rhymes of the Chinese and the barbarians differ. However, when the Buddhist scriptures speak of 'Śākyamuni', this is barbarian speech. In the translations of this land, it is called 'Nengru' (Capable Ru). The name 'Nengru' is inferior in status to the Duke of Zhou and Confucius; therefore they suppressed the inferior name 'Nengru' and preserved the barbarian title 'Śākya'. As for the expression *anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi*, in Chinese *a* means 'without' (*wu*), *nuttara* means 'supreme' (*shang*), *samyaksam* means 'correct and universal knowledge' (*zhengbianzhi*), and *bodhi* means 'the Way' (*dao*). In this land there originally was the 'unexcelled, correct, and true Way' in the teachings of Laozi and Zhuangzi, so that the barbarian teaching has nothing to distinguish it; therefore they did not translate it. Furthermore, as for *bodhisattva mahāsattva*, in Chinese it means 'great good-hearted living being'. This name is low and inferior, not suited to superior gentlemen; concealing its vulgar appellation, neither did they translate it. All cases of non-translation follow this pattern. It covers up the worldly and confuses people's minds. Yet disdaining the old and esteeming the new is the common vice of wanderers; detesting the identical and delighting in the different is the vulgar sentiment of ordinary men. For this reason, Handan had guests who crawled, and the Ruosang had travelers who forgot to return. The world cannot perceive this. This is their seventh delusion.