[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) › 8.34 # 廣弘明集 8.34 廣弘明集 8.34 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.8.34) 子謂仁由失德而興。禮生忠信之薄。安其所習毀所不見。且大樂與天地同和。大禮與天地同節。豈在飾敬之年責報之歲哉。然老氏之旨本救澆浪。虛柔善下修身可矣。不上賢能於治何續。既扶易之一謙。便是儒之一派。幸勿同放兼棄五德。 > You say that benevolence arose from the loss of virtue, and that ritual was born of the thinning of loyalty and good faith; resting content in what you have practiced, you disparage what you have not seen. Furthermore, great music shares its harmony with heaven and earth, and great ritual shares its moderation with heaven and earth; how could they consist merely in years of adorned respect and periods of demanding recompense? The purport of Laozi was fundamentally to remedy frivolity and dissolution: emptiness, gentleness, and excelling at humility are indeed sufficient for cultivating oneself, but if one does not elevate the worthy and capable, how could governance be carried on? Since he merely upheld the single quality of modesty in the Changes, he is simply one branch of the Confucian tradition. I hope you will not join with the unrestrained in completely abandoning the five virtues. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.8.33) - [Next: 8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.8.35) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.8.34) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.8.34) · Pramāṇa