辯正論 2.13

2.13

開士喻曰。小人黨親君子黨理。若理符而事順者。亦何愧於蒼蒼乎。吾聞世間法者有字無義。出世間法者有字有義。何者世法浮偽。喻如驢乳。出世真實。喻如牛乳。然而驢乳為酪不能出酥。縱強搆之還即成溺。所以然者。勢分絕也。牛乳出酥酪乃至醍醐。轉搆轉淨唯香唯美。五種具足八味甘濃。佛所說經引之為喻。考史記先黃老後六經。漢書先六經後黃老者。其見乃異就理不殊。各隨所愛。非盡言之論也。且班固云。易有六十四卦。道止當謙一卦。藝文總判九流。道止入在一流。孔安國云。三皇所行。謂之大道。五帝所行。謂之常道。不言別更有道令人奉之。今以勸子。不可隨其臆斷。善自求其實也。

The bodhisattva instructed: "A petty person takes sides with kin; a gentleman aligns with reason. If reason conforms and affairs accord, what shame is there before the azure sky? I have heard that worldly dharmas have words without meaning, while supramundane dharmas have both words and meaning. Why so? Worldly dharmas are superficial and false, comparable to donkey's milk; supramundane dharmas are real and true, comparable to cow's milk. Yet when donkey's milk becomes curd, it cannot produce butter; even if one churns it forcefully, it simply turns back into urine. Why is this? Because its potential and capacity are exhausted. Cow's milk produces curd and butter up to ghee; the more it is churned, the purer it becomes, exclusively fragrant and delicious, endowed with the five kinds and richly sweet with the eight tastes. The sūtras spoken by the Buddha cite this as an analogy. Examining the Records of the Grand Historian, which placed Huang-Lao first and the Six Classics second, and the Book of Han, which placed the Six Classics first and Huang-Lao second: their views were different, but in principle they did not diverge. Each followed what he favored; these are not definitive treatises. Moreover, Ban Gu said: 'The Changes has sixty-four hexagrams; the Dao merely corresponds to the single hexagram of Humility. The Bibliographical Treatise comprehensively categorizes the nine streams; the Dao merely enters into one stream.' Kong Anguo said: 'What the Three Sovereigns practiced is called the Great Dao; what the Five Thearchs practiced is called the Constant Dao.' He did not say there was separately another Dao for people to venerate. Now I advise you: you must not follow your own subjective judgments, but skillfully seek the reality for yourself."