[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) › 7.17 # 廣弘明集 7.17 廣弘明集 7.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.7.17) 觀濟所列十條。同歸一偽。牽引構合增動帝心。素達帝之機神。深銜帝之不齒。無何以通。蓄憤假謗以暢面譏。言雖若臣意寔輕侮。何者上列僧偽。無惡不揚。言帝重之明帝無識。斯則獨夫闇主。不言自形。飾詞覆詐。迹昌露矣。故曰。知人惟難。人實難知。知其難者千載惟一。梁祖深知濟情無堪莅政。故曰。有才而好反。豈徒言哉。然則後之上事。皆則濟之才辯。相去懸矣。故呈拙矣。 > Looking at the ten articles listed by Ji, they all return to a single falsehood: stringing together fabrications to further agitate the emperor's mind. He had long understood the emperor's acute intelligence and deeply resented that the emperor held him in contempt. Having no means of advancement, he harbored resentment and relied on slander to vent his face-to-face derision. Although his words seemed like those of a subject, his intention was truly slight and disdainful. Why so? The false charges against monks listed above left no evil unproclaimed; by saying the emperor valued them, he made it clear that the emperor lacked discernment. Thus, \[depicting the emperor as\] a solitary tyrant and an ignorant ruler was naturally revealed without being explicitly spoken. Though he embellished his words to conceal his deceit, his traces were manifestly exposed. Therefore it is said: 'Knowing people is difficult indeed; people are truly hard to know. Those who know this difficulty are only one in a thousand years.' Emperor Wu of Liang deeply knew that Ji's character made him unfit to govern, hence he said: 'He has talent, but is fond of rebellion'—how could that have been mere talk? Thus, as for the memorials presented by later figures, all took Ji's talent and eloquence as their model, yet they fell far short, and so merely showed their clumsiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.7.16) - [Next: 7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.7.18) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.7.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.7.17) · Pramāṇa