廣弘明集 14.14

14.14

傅云。佛是妖魅之氣。寺為淫邪之祀。此其未思之言也。妖唯作孽。豈弘十善之化。魅必憑邪。寧興八正之道。妖猶畏狗。魅亦懼猫。何以降帝釋之高心。摧天魔之巨力。又如圖澄羅什之侶。道安慧遠之儔。高德高名非狂非醉。豈容捨愛辭榮。求魑魅之邪道。勤身苦節。事魍魎之妖神。又自昔東漢至我。

"Fu said: 'The Buddha is the vapor of strange specters, and monasteries are shrines of licentious depravity.' These are unreflective words. Specters merely cause calamity; how could they propagate the transformation of the ten virtuous deeds? Demons must rely on evil; how could they establish the path of the eightfold correctness? Specters still fear dogs, and demons also fear cats; how could they subdue the haughty mind of Śakra or crush the immense power of deva-māras? Moreover, take companions such as Fotudeng and Kumārajīva, or peers such as Dao'an and Huiyuan: men of high virtue and great renown, neither mad nor intoxicated. How could they abandon love, renounce worldly glory, and seek the evil path of specters and demons, or toil their bodies and endure bitter austerities to serve the demonic spirits of sprites? Furthermore, from the Eastern Han down to our own [dynasty]—"