[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) › 18.50 # 廣弘明集 18.50 廣弘明集 18.50 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [18.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.18.50) 三答。暫者假也。真者常也。假知無常。常知無假。今豈可以假知之暫而侵常知之真哉。今暫合賢於不合。誠如來言竊有微證。巫臣諫莊王之日。物賒於己。故理為情先。及納夏姬之時。已交於物。故情居理上。情理雲互物己相傾。亦中知之率任也。若以諫自為悟。豈容納時之惑耶。且南為聖也。北為愚也。背北向南。非停北之謂。向南背北。非至南之稱。然向南可以向南背北。非是停北。非是停北。故愚可去矣。可以至南。故悟可得矣。 > The provisional is the expedient; the real is the constant. Provisional knowledge is impermanent; constant knowledge is without expediency. Now how could one let the temporariness of provisional knowledge encroach upon the truth of constant knowledge? You say that 'temporary union is better than non-union,' and indeed, as you have spoken, there is slight evidence for this. When Wuchen admonished King Zhuang, external things were remote from him, and so principle took precedence over emotional desires. But by the time he took Lady Xia, he was already entangled with things, and so emotional desires took precedence over principle. When principle and emotional desires alternate, and the external and oneself vie with each other, this is merely what intermediate intellect naturally follows. If taking admonishment \[as a guide\] were itself awakening, how could the delusion of taking \[her later\] be admitted? Furthermore, the south represents the sage, and the north represents the fool. Turning one's back to the north and facing south does not mean remaining in the north; facing south and turning one's back to the north does not mean having arrived in the south. Yet facing south, one can face south and turn one's back to the north, not remaining in the north; because one does not remain in the north, foolishness can be cast aside; because one can arrive in the south, awakening can be attained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 18.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.18.49) - [Next: 18.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.18.51) - [Up: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.18.50) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.18.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.18.50) · Pramāṇa