[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) › [集沙門不應拜俗等事](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108) › 1.17 # 集沙門不應拜俗等事 1.17 集沙門不應拜俗等事 1.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.1.17) 尚書令冠軍撫軍都鄉侯。臣充散騎常侍左僕射長平伯臣翜。散騎常侍右僕射建安伯臣恢。尚書關中侯臣懷守。尚書昌安子臣廣等言。世祖武皇帝以盛明革命。肅祖明皇帝聰聖玄覽。豈于時沙門不易屈膝顧以不變。其修善之法。所以通天下之志也。愚謂宜遵承先帝故事。於義為長。 > He Chong, Minister of the Department of Affairs of State, Champion General, Army Pacifying General, and Marquis of Duxiang; He Sha, Cavalier Attendant Regular, Left Vice Director of the Department of Affairs of State, and Count of Changping; Zhuge Hui, Cavalier Attendant Regular, Right Vice Director of the Department of Affairs of State, and Count of Jian'an; Feng Huishou, Minister of State and Marquis of Guanzhong; Xie Guang, Minister of State and Viscount of Chang'an; and others state: The Ancestor of the Dynasty, Emperor Wu, received the mandate in flourishing brilliance; the Venerable Ancestor, Emperor Ming, possessed sagacious discernment and profound insight. Was it that in those times śramaṇas could not easily have been made to bend their knees? Rather, it was considered that by leaving it unchanged, their method of cultivating good would unite the wills under Heaven. We humbly consider that complying with and continuing the precedents of the former emperors is superior in principle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.1.16) - [Next: 1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.1.18) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108~en-mt.1.17) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.34) — 僧祐, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.1.17) · Pramāṇa