[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) › 5.22 # 廣弘明集 5.22 廣弘明集 5.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.5.22) 然則大美大善。天下皆知之。何得云斯惡乎。若虛美非美。為善非善。所美過美。所善違中。若此皆世教所疾。聖王奮誠天下。亦自知之。於斯談。 > If so, then great beauty and great goodness are known by all under Heaven; how can it be said that 'ugliness already exists'? If false beauty is not beauty, and pretended goodness is not goodness, or what is praised as beautiful exceeds true beauty, and what is considered good departs from the mean—such things are what worldly teachings abhor, and what the sage kings sincerely denounced; the world naturally knows this as well. Regarding this saying: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.5.21) - [Next: 5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.5.23) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.5.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.5.22) · Pramāṇa