[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) › [集古今佛道論衡](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2104) › 3.15 # 集古今佛道論衡 3.15 集古今佛道論衡 3.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2104.3.15) 武德九年。清虛觀道士李仲卿劉進喜。猜忌佛法恒加訕謗。與傅奕脣齒結構誅剪釋宗。卿著十異九迷論。喜顯正論。仍託傅氏上聞天聽。孟春下勅。京立三寺僧限千人。餘並放還桑梓。有才用者八品處分。嚴　勅行下無敢抗言。五眾哀號四俗驚歎。不久震方出　帝氛祲廓清太宗素襲啟聞薄究宗領。登即大赦一切休寧。僧還本寺佛日還朗。沙門法琳前造破邪論道俗具瞻道士新論猶未筆削。乃因劉李二論造辯正論以擬之。一帙八卷。綸綜終古立信當今。絕後光前布露惟遠。頴川陳子良。才術縱橫聲振寰宇。為之注解并序由來。文多不載。 > In the ninth year of Wude, the Daoists Li Zhongqing and Liu Jinxi of the Qingxu Belvederes harbored jealousy toward the Buddhadharma and constantly heaped slander upon it. Acting in concert with Fu Yi like lips and teeth, they plotted to eradicate the Buddhist tradition. Zhongqing wrote the Shiyi jiumi lun (Treatise on the Ten Aberrations and Nine Delusions), and Jinxi wrote the Xianzheng lun (Treatise Revealing the Correct). Entrusting them to Fu Yi, they presented them to the imperial hearing. In the first month of spring, an edict was issued: three temples were to be established in the capital, with the monks limited to one thousand; the rest were all dismissed back to their native places. Those with talent and utility were to be assigned to the eighth rank. The strict edict was executed, and none dared voice opposition. The five assemblies wailed in grief, and the four classes of laity were struck with shock and lamentation. > Not long after, from the eastern quarter the Emperor emerged, and the ominous vapors were cleared away. Taizong, having long heard and lightly probed the essential principles \[of the Dharma\], immediately declared a great amnesty, and all were set at peace. The monks returned to their original monasteries, and the Buddha-sun shone bright again. Śramaṇa Falin had previously composed the Poxie lun (Treatise on Destroying the Heterodox), which both religious and lay looked up to; but the new treatises of the Daoists had not yet been refuted by his brush. Thereupon, relying on the two treatises of Liu and Li, he composed the Bianzheng lun (Treatise on Discerning the Correct) to counter them. In one case of eight fascicles, it synthesized the past and established faith in the present, surpassing the past and illuminating the future, widely disseminated far and wide. Chen Ziliang of Yingchuan, whose talents and arts were vast and whose fame shook the realm, wrote a commentary for it together with a preface on its origins. The text is voluminous and is not recorded here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2104.3.14) - [Next: 3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2104.3.16) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2104.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2104~en-mt.3.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2104.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2104.3.15) · Pramāṇa