[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) › 13.83 # 廣弘明集 13.83 廣弘明集 13.83 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [13.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.13.83) 內喻曰。左衽者則戎狄所尊。右命者為中華所尚。故春秋云。冢卿無命介卿有之。不亦左乎。史記云。藺相如功大位在廉頗右。頗恥之。又云。張儀相右秦而左魏。犀首相右韓而左魏。蓋云不便也。禮云。左道亂群殺之。豈非右優而左劣也。皇甫謐高士傳云。老子楚之相人。家于渦水之陰。師事常松子。及常子有疾。耳往問疾焉。嵇康云李耳從涓子學九仙之術。撿太史公等眾書。不云老子剖左腋生。既無正出。不可承信明矣。驗知揮戈操翰。蓋文武之先。五氣三光。寔陰陽之首。是以釋門右轉且符人用。張陵左道信逆天常。何者。釋迦起無緣之慈。應有機之召。語其迹也。則行滿三祇相圓百劫。降神而乘玉象。掩耀而誕金姿。三十二祥休徵開於地府。一十八梵禎瑞駭於天宮。靈相周於十方。神光顯乎八極。述其本也。久證圓明。塵沙莫能算其壽。早登寂照。虛空無以量其體。豈唯就攀枝而偉瑞。徵白首而効祥。猶螢光與龍燭競輝。魚目共蛇珠並耀。爾道之劣一也。 > The Insiders' comparison says: Buttoning on the left is honored by the Rong and Di barbarians, while precedence of the right is esteemed by the Central Florescence. Therefore the Chunqiu says: 'The senior minister has no mandate, but the secondary minister has one—is this not \[ranking him on\] the left?' The Shiji states: 'Lin Xiangru's merit was great, and his seat was to the right of Lian Po; Po was ashamed of it.' It also states: 'Zhang Yi, as prime minister, favored Qin on the right and disfavored Wei on the left; Xishou, as prime minister, favored Han on the right and disfavored Wei on the left.' This refers to it being disadvantageous. The Liji says: 'Those who use heterodox ways (zuodao, lit. left paths) to disrupt the masses are to be put to death.' Does this not show that the right is superior and the left is inferior? Huangfu Mi's Gaoshi zhuan states: 'Laozi was a man of Xiang in Chu, residing to the north of the Guo River; he served Changsongzi as his master. When Master Chang was ill, Er went to inquire after his illness.' Ji Kang said that Li Er studied the arts of the nine immortals from Juanzi. Examining the various books such as that of the Grand Astrologer, none says that Laozi was born from an incision in the left armpit. Since there is no canonical source for this, it is evident that it cannot be credited. It is verified that wielding the lance and grasping the brush are the forebears of civil and military affairs; the five breaths and three lights are the heads of yin and yang. Therefore, the turning to the right in the Buddhist school conforms to human custom, whereas Zhang Ling's heterodox path truly runs contrary to heavenly constancy. Why so? Śākya aroused unconditioned compassion and responded to the summons of those with potential. Speaking of his traces, his practice was fulfilled over three asaṃkhyeyas and his marks perfected over a hundred kalpas; descending his spirit, he mounted a jade elephant, and obscuring his brilliance, he gave birth to a golden form. Thirty-two auspicious omens unfolded in the subterranean realms, and eighteen Brahma-heaven signs astounded the celestial palaces. His wondrous marks spanned the ten directions, and his divine radiance illuminated the eight extremities. Recounting his root, he long ago realized the perfect and bright, so that dust and sand cannot calculate his lifespan; he early ascended to serene illumination, so that empty space cannot measure his body. How could he merely be compared to holding a branch as a wondrous sign, or verifying white hair to prove an omen? It is like a firefly's gleam competing in brilliance with the dragon-torch, or a fish's eye shining alongside the snake's pearl. This is the first inferiority of your Dao. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.13.82) - [Next: 13.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.13.84) - [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.13.83) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [辯正論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110.6.50) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.13.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.13.83) · Pramāṇa