[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) › 1.44 # 集沙門不應拜俗等事 1.44 集沙門不應拜俗等事 1.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.1.44) 來難。手筆甚佳。殊為斐然。可以為釋疑處。殊是未至也。遂相攻難。未見其已。今復料要。明在三之理以辯對輕重。則敬否之理可知。想研微之功。必在苦愈析耳。八日已及今。與右僕射書。便令施行敬事尊主之道。使天下莫不敬。雖復佛道無以加其尊。豈不盡善耶。事雖已行無豫所論宜究也。想諸人或更有精析耳。可以示仲文。 > Your incoming challenge is written very fine in hand, exceedingly elegant, yet as an effort to resolve doubt it has utterly fallen short. Our mutual cross-examination shows no end in sight. Now I shall once again summarize the essentials, clarifying the principle of the 'Three Reverences' to weigh their relative importance; then the principle of whether to bow or not can be known. I imagine the effort of investigating subtleties must require increasingly rigorous analysis. On the eighth day, and up to today, I sent a letter to the Vice Director of the Right directing him to implement the duty of reverence and the way of honoring the sovereign, so that none under Heaven fails to show respect. Even with the Buddhist path, nothing can surpass the sovereign's veneration; is this not the utmost good? Although the matter is already being implemented, it does not impede our theoretical inquiry, which ought to be pursued thoroughly. I imagine others might offer even more refined analyses. You may show this to Zhongwen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.1.43) - [Next: 1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.1.45) - [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.1.44) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.80) — 僧祐, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.1.44) · Pramāṇa