[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) › 2.41 # 集沙門不應拜俗等事 2.41 集沙門不應拜俗等事 2.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.2.41) 隋煬帝。大業中改革前政。令沙門拜帝及諸官長等。懸之雜令。至五年南郊謁帝。大張文物廣位群僚。于時佛道二眾依前跱立。有勅云。條式久行。何因不拜。黃老士女聞便致禮。唯僧尼儼然。時興善寺沙門明贍答帝曰。僧等據佛戒。不合禮俗。帝曰。宋武之時僧何致拜。贍曰。宋武狂勃。不拜便有嚴誅。陛下有道。不拜不懼顯戮。帝令問對。僧尼遂散。贍明旦至闕重參有司。募敢死者對詔謝過。內史為通昨不拜之罪。帝夷然不述。乃盡京僧尼設齋。人別施錢帛。後帝至西郊。顧謂蘇威曰。朕謂京師無僧。昨南郊中亦有人焉。拜事因寢。 > During the Daye era, Emperor Yang of the Sui reformed previous policies and ordered śramaṇas to bow to the Emperor, officials, and chiefs, promulgating it among the miscellaneous statutes. In the fifth year, when the Emperor conducted an imperial audience at the southern suburb, displaying civil and military regalia on a grand scale and arranging ranks for all officials, the two assemblies of Buddhists and Daoists stood upright as before. An imperial decree was issued: "The regulations have been in effect for a long time; why do you not bow?" Hearing this, the Daoist masters and mistresses of Huang-Lao promptly offered homage, while only the monks and nuns remained dignified and unmoved. At that time, Śramaṇa Mingzhan of Xingshan Temple answered the Emperor: "We monks rely on the Buddha's precepts; we must not perform homage to laypeople." The Emperor said: "In the time of Emperor Wu of the Song, why did monks offer homage?" Zhan said: "Emperor Wu of the Song was狂妄 (mad and perverse); if one did not bow, there was severe execution. Your Majesty possesses the Way; if we do not bow, we have no fear of public execution." The Emperor ordered them to be interrogated, and the monks and nuns thereupon dispersed. The next morning, Zhan went to the palace gates to consult with the officials again, looking for someone willing to risk death to reply to the imperial decree and apologize. The palace secretariat reported the offense of not bowing the day before. The Emperor remained calm and did not pursue the matter; instead, he held a vegetarian feast for all the monks and nuns in the capital, giving each person money and silk. Later, when the Emperor visited the western suburb, he looked back and said to Su Wei: "I thought there were no real monks in the capital, but yesterday at the southern suburb, there was indeed someone after all." The matter of bowing was consequently dropped. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.2.40) - [Next: 2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.2.42) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108~en-mt.2.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.2.41) · Pramāṇa