[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) › 6.30 # 廣弘明集 6.30 廣弘明集 6.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.6.30) 答珠星夜隕。佛生於周辰。白馬朝來。法興於漢世。故唐堯虞舜靡得詳焉。孔子周公安能述也。然則法王自在變化無窮。納須彌於芥子之中。覆日月於蓮華之下。法雲惠雨明珠寶船。出諸子於火宅。濟群生於苦海。砮得砥則截骨而斷筋。車得膏則馬利而輪疾。誠須精心迴向潔志歸依。宜信傅毅之言。無從蔡謨之儀。斯國之重臣也。可謂高識有歸。故太宗敬而制碑。手書其石。祔葬于昭陵。為萬代之摸楷也。蔡謨年事俱盡功用罕施。自揣無能固辭於公政可也。而敘華夷事隔。未曰通人。又不足可稱焉。 > The answer said: 'The pearl star fell by night, and the Buddha was born during the Zhou era. The white horse arrived in the morning, and the Dharma flourished in the Han era. Therefore Tang Yao and Yu Shun could not know of it in detail, nor could Confucius and the Duke of Zhou expound it. Thus the Dharma King is self-mastered, with inexhaustible transformations: containing Sumeru within a mustard seed, shading the sun and moon beneath a lotus flower; a cloud of Dharma and rain of benevolence, a bright pearl and a jewelled vessel, bringing the children out of the burning house and rescuing living beings from the sea of suffering. > > 'When an arrow-stone finds a whetstone, it cuts bone and severs sinew; when a carriage receives grease, the horses are agile and the wheels are swift. One must indeed turn one's mind with devotion and take refuge with pure intention. One should believe the words of Fu Yi and not follow the precedent of Cai Mo.' > > \[Wei Zheng\] was an important minister of the state; he may be said to have possessed lofty discernment and a true haven. Therefore Emperor Taizong revered him, composed an inscription, personally wrote the stele, and buried him in an attendant tomb at Zhaoling to be a model for ten thousand generations. Cai Mo's years and deeds were both exhausted, his usefulness rarely displayed; had he examined his own inability and firmly declined public office, that would have been acceptable. Yet in discussing the separation of Chinese and barbarian, he cannot be called a person of universal understanding, and he is hardly worthy of praise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.6.29) - [Next: 6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.6.31) - [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.6.30) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.6.30) · Pramāṇa