破邪論 1.21

1.21

正信對曰。書云。見善如不及。見惡如探湯。然太上貴德。其次立言。德欲使人歸。言欲使人信。汝無德庇身。出言損化輕侮大聖。豈為人乎。但孔老聖人。尚自稱揚三寶。令道士等敬讓僧尼。汝既稟承孔老為師。何以違背師教誹毀聖尊　苻子曰。老氏之師名釋迦文。子書牟子二卷盛論佛法。

The Upright Faith replies: The Shujing says: 'Seeing good, act as if you could not reach it; seeing evil, act as if testing boiling water.' Thus the highest reveres virtue, and next to it establishes words. Virtue should cause people to turn to it; words should cause people to believe. You have no virtue to shield your person, yet speak words that damage transformation, slighting and insulting the Great Sage—can you be considered human? The sages Kong and Lao themselves still praised and extolled the Three Jewels, instructing Daoists and the like to revere and defer to monks and nuns. Since you take Kong and Lao as your teachers, why do you go against your teachers' instructions and slander the Sacred Venerable? The Fuzi states: 'The teacher of Master Lao was named Śākyamuni.' The two fascicles of Master Mou's book also vigorously discuss the Buddhadharma.