廣弘明集 7.28

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7.28

He also stated: 'I request that virtuous poor people be exempted from corvée and pay taxes, and that conductless wealthy monks pay taxes and be exempted from corvée. If wealthy monks pay taxes and are exempted from corvée, then all monks will surely hope to halt taxes and strive to sever stinginess and greed. If poor people are exempted from corvée, then the multitudes will surely hope to be exempted from corvée and compete to cultivate loyalty and filial piety. This would cause the Buddha-Dharma to flourish and bring peace to the state, and is truly not abolishing the triratna and imperiling the common people.' There were fifteen articles, all of this import, urging the practice of equality and not the abolition of the Buddha-Dharma; urging inequality would be the abolition of the Buddha-Dharma:

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廣弘明集 — Classical Chinese