廣弘明集 7.32

7.32

A man of Qin commandery. He left home and resided at Zhicheng Monastery in the capital of Yang. Having talent and learning, he was appreciated by the Prince of Luling of the Song dynasty. He composed the Treatise on Equalising the Good (also called the Treatise on White and Black). Its argumentation is difficult to exhaust thoroughly; it is fully recorded in the subsequent chapter on doctrinal meanings. Its general import states: one need only know that the six perfections and the five teachings proceed side by side, and that trustworthiness and obedience stand equal with loving-kindness and compassion; though their paths differ, they converge on the same goal, and one must not cling stubbornly to the tracks from which one first set out.