[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) › 7.9 # 廣弘明集 7.9 廣弘明集 7.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.7.9) 又案釋迦出戎剖脇而誕。摩耶遂殂。事符梟鏡。年長爭立。內不自安。背父叛君逆節彌甚。達多投石難陀引弓。變革常道自餓形骸。安能濟物。聚合兇徒易衣削髮。設言虛詐不足承稟。九十六道此道最貪。叶彼淫愚眾多崇信。至如瑠璃誅釋。瞿曇路左視之。在生親尚不存。既歿疎何能救。斯即不行忠孝。若天下習之。陛下則無以自處。不取者二也。尋經剖腋而誕。義出前經。以懷天師功德大故。非諸人供可以奉之。又知母人。命將終。故生七日已。上報天中。然則脇誕背割此亦有之。不同梟鏡。如何濫委引弓投石事出權行。叛君逆節一何誣謗。自餓以化外道。變俗以靜貪門。而云諸道佛道最貪。全成毀訾。誅國而不護國。示業難亡。群典廣之。理路無沒。濟巧於合會。補貼成文。斯曰有才不妨無狀。 > \[Ji\] also remarked: 'Moreover, examining Śākya's emergence among the Rong, he was born from the splitting of the flank, and Māyā thereupon perished. This affair accords with the owl and the jing-beast. When he grew older he contended for succession, feeling internally insecure; he turned his back on his father and rebelled against his sovereign, his treasonous insolence becoming ever greater. Devadatta threw rocks at him and Nanda drew his bow against him. He changed and subverted the constant way, starving his own physical frame—how could he save living beings? Gathering together villainous followers, he altered their garments and shaved their hair, setting forth empty falsehoods unworthy of obedience. Among the ninety-six paths, this path is the most avaricious, matching their lewdness and stupidity, so that the masses revere and believe it. As for when King Virūḍhaka slaughtered the Śākyas, Gautama stood by the roadside and merely watched; while alive he did not even preserve his kin, so how could he save those distant \[from him\] after death? This indeed is failing to practice loyalty and filial piety. If all under Heaven emulate this, Your Majesty will have nowhere to establish yourself. This is the second reason why I do not accept it.' > > \[Daoxuan's rebuttal:\] We examine the scriptures: being born from the splitting of the flank is a meaning that appears in earlier scriptures. Because carrying the Heavenly Teacher possesses great merit, it is not something that human offerings can sustain. Furthermore, knowing that his mother's lifespan was nearing its end, after seven days he was born, and later reported back to the heavens to repay her. Thus, birth from the flank or incision of the back did indeed occur; it is not the same as the owl and jing-beast. Why slanderously conflate them? The matters of drawing the bow and throwing rocks arose from expedient conduct; how slanderous to call it rebelling against one's sovereign and treasonous insolence! He starved himself to convert the non-Buddhists, and altered customs to quiet the gate of greed. Yet to say that among all paths the Buddhist path is the most avaricious is entirely defamatory. The state was punished without his defending it so as to demonstrate that karma is difficult to escape. The various scriptures expound this broadly; the path of principle is never obscured. Ji was skillful at stitching together fragments to compose his essay; this shows that being talented does not preclude being unprincipled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.7.8) - [Next: 7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.7.10) - [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.7.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.7.9) · Pramāṇa