[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) › 14.18 # 廣弘明集 14.18 廣弘明集 14.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.14.18) 余昔每引孝經之不毀傷。以譏沙門之去鬚髮。謂其反先王之道。失忠孝之義。今則悟其不然矣。若夫事君親而盡節。雖殺身而稱仁。虧忠孝而偷存。徒全膚而非義。論美見危而致命禮防臨難而苟免。何得一概而訶毀傷。雷同而顧膚髮。割股納肝傷則甚矣。剔鬚落髮毀乃微焉。立忠不顧其命。論者莫之咎。求道不愛其毛。何獨以為過。湯恤蒸民。尚焚軀以祈澤。墨敦兼愛。欲磨足而至頂。況夫上為君父深求福利。鬚髮之毀何足顧哉。且夫聖人之教有殊途而同歸。君子之道或反經而合義。則太伯其人也。廢在家之就養。託採藥而不歸。棄中國之服章。依剪髮以為飾。反經悖禮莫甚。於斯。然而仲尼稱之曰。太伯可謂至德矣。其故何也。雖迹背君親而心忠於家國。形虧百越而德全乎三讓。故太伯棄衣冠之制而無損於至德。則沙門捨搢紳之容。亦何傷乎妙道。雖易服改貌違臣子之常儀。而信道歸心願君親之多福。苦其身意。修出家之眾善。遺其君父。以歷劫之深慶。其為忠孝。不亦多乎。謂善沙門為不忠。未之信矣。 > In the past, I myself used to cite the Classic of Filial Piety's prohibition against harming \[the body\] to mock the śramaṇas' shaving of beard and hair, alleging that they opposed the Way of the ancient kings and lost the righteousness of loyalty and filial piety. Today I have awakened to the fact that this is not so. When serving one's lord and parents, if one fulfills devotion, even sacrificing one's body is called benevolence; but if one diminishes loyalty and filial piety to steal survival, merely keeping the skin whole is unrighteous. Discourses praise risking one's life in the face of danger; ritual rules guard against seeking an improper escape in times of hardship. How can one sweepingly reprimand bodily harm, and mindlessly fret over skin and hair? Slicing thigh flesh or offering one's liver: the injury is extreme indeed; clipping the beard and shaving the hair: the harm is very slight. In establishing loyalty without regard for life, none among commentators finds fault; in seeking the Way without cherishing hair, why alone consider it an offense? Tang pitied the multitude and even offered his body to be burned to pray for rain; Mozi promoted universal love and wished to wear himself down from heel to crown. How much more so when one deeply seeks blessings and benefits for sovereign and father above—how could the harm to beard and hair be worth minding? Moreover, the teachings of the sages follow different paths to reach the same destination; the way of the gentleman may turn against the constant code yet accord with righteousness. Taibo was such a man: he renounced the care of parents at home, used gathering medicinal herbs as an excuse not to return, cast off the dress and ornaments of the central lands, and adopted the cutting of hair as adornment. Turning against the constant code and violating the rites could not be more extreme than this. Yet Zhongni praised him, saying: 'Taibo may indeed be said to possess supreme virtue.' What was the reason? Although his outer traces turned away from lord and parents, his heart was loyal to family and state; although his appearance was impaired among the Baiyue, his virtue was fulfilled in the thrice yielding of the throne. Therefore, Taibo cast aside the system of robes and caps without harming supreme virtue; then how does the śramaṇa's renouncing the attire of the gentry injure the wondrous Way? Although they change their dress and alter their appearance, contravening the ordinary conventions of ministers and sons, they place faith in the Way and direct their minds, praying for abundant blessings for sovereign and parents. They pain their bodies and minds, cultivating the multitude of virtues of renunciants, bequeathing to their lords and fathers the deep felicitations of successive kalpas. Is their loyalty and filial piety not abundant? To say that good śramaṇas are disloyal is something I cannot believe. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.14.17) - [Next: 14.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.14.19) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.14.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.14.18) · Pramāṇa