[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) › 3.23 # 集沙門不應拜俗等事 3.23 集沙門不應拜俗等事 3.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.3.23) 成帝都水使者劉向云。向檢藏書。往往見有佛經。此則周秦已行。始皇焚之不盡也。哀帝元壽中。使景憲往大月氏國。因誦浮圖經還。于時漢境稍行齋戒。據此曾聞佛法。中途潛隱重此中興也。 > Liu Xiang, Commissioner of Waterworks under Emperor Cheng, said: "When I examined the palace archives, I frequently saw Buddhist scriptures." This shows that they had already circulated under the Zhou and Qin, and the First Emperor did not burn them entirely. During the Yuanshou era of Emperor Ai, Jing Xian was sent to the country of the Da Yuezhi and returned having recited the Futu jing (Buddha Scripture). At that time, the practice of fasting and observing precepts gradually began in Han territory. Based on this, the Buddha-Dharma had been heard of before; having temporarily sunk into obscurity along the way, it was here revived once more. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.3.22) - [Next: 3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.3.24) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108~en-mt.3.23) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.89) — 道世, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.3.23) · Pramāṇa