廣弘明集 9.47

9.47

臣笑曰。胡言南無。此言歸命。亦云救我。胡言憂婆塞。此言善信男也。憂婆夷者。云善信女也。若以老子言。佛出於南。便云南無佛者。若出於西方。可云西無佛乎。若言。男子守塞可名憂塞。女子憂夫恐夷可名為憂夷。未知婆者。復可憂其祖母乎。如此依字釋詁。醜拙困辱。大可笑也。

Your servant laughs and says: In the barbarian language, namo means "taking refuge" and also means "save me". In the barbarian language, upāsaka means "virtuous, faithful layman"; upāsikā means "virtuous, faithful laywoman". If, because Laozi said that the Buddha arose in the south, one therefore calls it nanwu fo ("South-none Buddha"), then had he arisen in the west, could one call it xiwu fo ("West-none Buddha")? If one says that men guarding the pass can be named youse ("worried about the pass"), and women worrying about their husbands and fearing barbarians can be named youyi ("worried about barbarians"), then as for po, could it be that they also worry about their grandmothers? Explaining words and glossing terms according to Chinese characters in this manner is crude, clumsy, helpless, and shameful, and exceedingly laughable.