[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) › [破邪論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2109) › 2.14 # 破邪論 2.14 破邪論 2.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2109.2.14) 對曰。自陵三世專行鬼道。符書章醮出自道家。禁厭妖㜸妄談吉凶。姦由茲起。然吳魏已下。晉宋已來。道俗為妖數亦不少。何以獨引眾僧。不論儒道二教。至如大業末年王世充李密竇建德劉武周梁師都盧明月李軌朱粲唐弼薛舉等。亦是俗人。曾無釋氏。何為不道。事偏理曲黨惡嫉賢。為臣不忠明矣　奕云。自開闢已來。至今武德四年辛巳。積二百七十六萬一千一百八歲者。對曰。汝云。庖犧氏凡三十世。治二萬二百九十七年。少昊至漢高有三千二百一年。從庖犧至漢高二十九代計之不過二萬三千四百九十八年何因爰初開闢。迄之武德四年。頓有二百七十六萬餘歲耶。勘帝系譜云。天地初起狀如雞子。槃古在其中。經九萬年。次三皇及燧人氏治二萬二百九十七年。案齊祕書楊玢史目云。伏犧元年甲寅。至開皇元年辛丑。有六萬一千六百八年總而言之。一十七萬一千九百五年。校此而論。太懸殊矣。請勘年紀定其修短也。檢正史所載。伏羲氏始畫八卦陳甲子造書契。乃有世年。庖犧已前。本無紀曆。進退何依。 > In response, it is said: From Ling onward through three generations, they exclusively practiced demonic ways. Talismans, registers, petitions, and \*jiao\* offerings originate from the Daoists. Casting prohibitions, demonic wickedness, and recklessly discussing good and bad fortune—treachery arose from this. Moreover, from the Wu and Wei onward, and down from the Jin and Song, the number of Daoists and laypeople who committed monstrous acts was not few. Why do you single out the assembly of monks and make no mention of the two teachings of Confucianism and Daoism? As for the end of the Daye era, Wang Shichong, Li Mi, Dou Jiande, Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu, Lu Mingyue, Li Gui, Zhu Can, Tang Bi, and Xue Ju were all laypeople; there was not a single follower of Śākya among them. Why do you say nothing of this? Your handling of matters is biased, your reasoning crooked, siding with evil and envying the worthy; that you are disloyal as a subject is clear! Fu Yi says: 'From the opening of heaven and earth down to the fourth year of Wude (\*xinsi\*), 2,761,108 years have accumulated.' In response, it is said: You say that Paoxi had altogether thirty generations and ruled for 20,297 years, and that from Shaohao to Han Gaozu there were 3,201 years; calculating from Paoxi to Han Gaozu for twenty-nine generations, it does not exceed 23,498 years. How is it that from the primal creation down to the fourth year of Wude there suddenly are over 2,760,000 years? Examining the \*Genealogy of Imperial Lineages\*, it says that when heaven and earth first arose, they were shaped like a chicken's egg, and Pangu was within them, undergoing 90,000 years; next, the Three Sovereigns and the Suiren clan ruled for 20,297 years. According to the bibliographic catalogue by Yang Fen, Director of the Palace Library under the Qi, from the first year of Fuxi (\*jiayin\*) to the first year of Kaihuang (\*xinchou\*), there were 61,608 years; adding them altogether, there were 171,905 years. Comparing with this, the discrepancy is far too vast! Please examine the annals to determine their length. Examining what is recorded in the standard histories, Fuxi first drew the eight trigrams, laid out the sexagenary cycle, and invented writing, and only then were there generations and years. Prior to Paoxi, there were originally no calendars or records. What basis is there for this increase or decrease? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2109.2.13) - [Next: 2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2109.2.15) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2109.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2109~en-mt.2.14) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [廣弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.11.114) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2109.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2109.2.14) · Pramāṇa