廣弘明集 18.65

18.65

三答。夫昌言賢者尚許其賢。昌言聖者。豈得反非聖耶。日用不知百姓之迷蒙。惟佛究盡實相之崇高。今欲以崇高之相而令迷蒙所知。未之有也。苟所不知。焉得不以昌言為信。既以釋昌為是。何以孔昌為非耶。

Third reply: If one who speaks glorious words of worthiness is still granted to be worthy, how could one who speaks glorious words of sageliness conversely not be a sage? The common people are benighted in their daily use without knowing it; only the Buddha thoroughly exhausts the lofty height of the true mark. Now to wish that this lofty mark be known by the benighted has never been the case. If they do not know it, how can they not take glorious words as an object of faith? Since the glorious words of Śākyamuni are taken as correct, why should the glorious words of Confucius be taken as wrong?