[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) › 6.23 # 廣弘明集 6.23 廣弘明集 6.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.6.23) 沙汰釋李二宗詔。帝以武德末年僧徒多僻。下詔澄簡肅清遺法。非謂除滅。尤為失旨。故詔云。朕膺期馭宇。興隆教法深思利益。情在護持。使玉石區分薰蕕有辯。長存妙道永固福田。正本澄源宜從沙汰。斯正詔也。而奕敘為滅法則誣君罪惘。值容養寬政網漏吞舟。故存其首領耳。餘如後述。 > The edict to purge the two traditions of Śākya and Li. Because many monks in the late Wude era were deviant, the Emperor issued an edict to clarify, select, and purify the bequeathed Dharma; it by no means meant destruction, so Fu Yi's interpretation completely lost the purport. Thus the edict stated: 'We, having responded to the cyclical mandate to govern the universe, deeply ponder the benefits of flourishing the teachings and Dharma, our sentiments lying in protecting and maintaining them, so that jade and stone may be distinguished and the fragrant and foul differentiated, preserving the wondrous Way forever and making the field of merit perpetually firm. To rectify the origin and clarify the source, a purge should be undertaken.' This was the true edict. Yet for Fu Yi to describe it as destroying the Dharma is to slander the sovereign and commit a grave offense; encountering generous and lenient governance, where the net allows a ship-swallowing fish to slip through, his head was spared. The rest is recounted below. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.6.22) - [Next: 6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.6.24) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.6.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.6.23) · Pramāṇa