[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) › 9.61 # 廣弘明集 9.61 廣弘明集 9.61 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.61) 化胡經云。三皇修道人皆不死。上古時。天生甘露地生醴泉。食飲長生。中古來天生五氣地出五味。食之延年。下古世薄天生風雨地養百獸。人捕食之。吾傷此際。故嘗百穀以食兆民。於是三皇各奉粟五斗為信。求世世子孫不絕五穀生神州。 > The Huahu jing says: The Three Sovereigns cultivated the Dao, and people never died. In high antiquity, heaven produced sweet dew and earth brought forth wine springs; eating and drinking them yielded longevity. From middle antiquity onward, heaven produced the five qi and earth brought forth the five flavors; eating them extended one's years. In low antiquity, the world deteriorated; heaven produced wind and rain, and earth nourished the hundred beasts, which humans hunted and ate. Pained by this condition, I tasted the hundred grains to feed the teeming masses. Thereupon, the Three Sovereigns each presented five pecks of grain as a pledge of faith, seeking that their sons and grandsons throughout generations would never lack the five grains born in the Divine Continent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.60) - [Next: 9.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.62) - [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.9.61) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.61) · Pramāṇa