[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) › 9.22 # 廣弘明集 9.22 廣弘明集 9.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.22) 臣笑曰。三元品善惡業對皆由一身。又元始傳云。若婬盜不孝。死入地獄受五苦八難。後生六畜邊夷之中。推此而言。乖違太甚。且皇帝土像之日。經于三年上真氣入乃能言語。此上清之氣與太上同源。論先未有惡善。何為入土像中。即墮八難為蠻夷乎。此土為像。先亦無因。云何造作之後。乃有中邊之別乎。又上真之氣為癡為黠。若其癡也。不應入土能言。如其黠也。應識五苦八難。如何不樂善樂而貪為苦難乎。推此諸條。可笑之深也。 > Your servant laughs, saying: The Sanyuan pin says that the retributions of good and evil karma all stem from a single body. Furthermore, the Yuanshi zhuan says: 'If one commits sexual misconduct, theft, or filial impiety, at death one enters hell to undergo the five sufferings and eight difficulties, and is later born among the six beasts and the peripheral barbarians.' Deductions based on this reveal extreme contradictions. Moreover, during the Yellow Emperor's time of the clay images, it took three years for the qi of the upper authenticities to enter before they could speak. This qi of Upper Purity shares the same source as the Grand High; in terms of what came first, there was neither evil nor good, so why did it enter into the clay images and immediately fall into the eight difficulties as barbarians? In fashioning clay into images, there was previously no cause either; why, after being fashioned, should there be the distinction between central and peripheral? Furthermore, was the qi of the upper authenticities foolish or clever? If it were foolish, it should not have entered the clay and been able to speak; if it were clever, it should have recognized the five sufferings and eight difficulties. Why would it not delight in the joy of goodness and instead crave suffering and difficulty? Scrutinizing these various points, they are deeply laughable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.21) - [Next: 9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.23) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.9.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.22) · Pramāṇa