破邪論 1.38

1.38

[Fu] Yi says: 'From Paoxi downward for twenty-nine generations, fathers and sons, rulers and ministers established loyalty and filial piety, upheld the Dao and practiced virtue. Born and raised in the Divine Continent, receiving the correct qi of Huaxia, the people were all pure and simple, because there was no Buddha in the world.' Yi says: 'Qin began with Qin Zhong, lasting thirty-five generations and six hundred and thirty-eight years.' Yi says: 'When emperors and kings had no Buddha, their great governance lasted many years; when they had the Buddha, their tyrannical administration suffered short reigns. For twenty-nine generations from Paoxi downward, there was no Buddhist Dharma, yet the rulers were enlightened and the ministers loyal, and the state reigns lasted long.'