[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [廣弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103) › 13.55 # 廣弘明集 13.55 廣弘明集 13.55 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [13.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.13.55) 開士曰。莊子內篇云。老聃死。秦佚弔之三號而出。弟子怪問。非夫子之徒歟。秦佚曰。向吾入見。少者哭之如哭其父。老者哭之如哭其子。古者謂之遁天之形。始以為其人也。而今非也。遁者隱也。天者免縛也。形者身也。言始以老子為免縛隱形之仙。今則非也。嗟其諂曲取人之情。故不免死。非我友也。 > The Bodhisattva says: The 'Inner Chapters' of the Zhuangzi state that when Lao Dan died, Qin Yi went to mourn him, wailed three times, and came out. The disciples wondered and asked, 'Were you not a friend of our master?' Qin Yi replied, 'Just now when I entered to see, the young were weeping for him as if weeping for a father, and the old were weeping for him as if weeping for a son. In ancient times this was called escaping from nature's form. At first I thought he was such a man, but now I see he was not.' 'Escaping' means hiding. 'Nature' (tian) means release from bondage. 'Form' means the body. This means that at first he took Laozi to be an immortal who had freed himself from bondage and hidden his form, but now he saw it was not so. He lamented that by flattery and deviousness Laozi had captivated people's affections, so that he could not escape death, and thus was no true friend of his. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.13.54) - [Next: 13.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.13.56) - [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.13.55) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [辯正論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110.6.32) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.13.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.13.55) · Pramāṇa