[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) › [辯正論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110) › 6.71 # 辯正論 6.71 辯正論 6.71 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110.6.71) 內喻曰。釋誕隆周之初。老生姬季之末。論年二百餘祀。語世一十餘王。紫氣青牛。弗在昭莊之世。神光白象。非關桓景之年。然而洞霧昏天濁流翳地。文仲逆祀。孔子非其不智。子禽毀聖。賜也譏其失言。言玷難磨駟不及舌。誠不虛也（前折邪後歎聖）夫俯迹應凡。託質於危脆。𮛫機化物。同壽於百年。故果局因修信相。由茲起惑齡促化廣。慈氏以故致疑。巨嶽非衡石所量。譬壽久而猶邈。玄虛非丈尺可辨。方劫遠而未窮。豈如蛇穴求仙翻其夭世。蜺纓待藥未且延齡。蓋騰鷃共鵬翼偶高馳。駑與驥足爭遠。爾道之劣六也。 > The Buddhist response says: Śākya was born at the beginning of the prosperous Zhou; Laozi was born at the end of the Ji clan's decline. In years, they differ by more than two hundred; in generations, by more than ten kings. The purple mist and green ox did not appear in the reigns of King Zhao and King Zhuang; the divine radiance and white elephant had nothing to do with the years of King Huan and King Jing. Yet a cavernous fog darkens the heavens, and a muddy stream obscures the earth. When Zang Wenzhong made an improper sacrifice, Confucius condemned his lack of wisdom; when Zigong spoke ill of the sage, Zigong criticized his faulty words. A blemish in words is hard to rub away; a team of four horses cannot overtake the tongue. This is truly not false! (First refuting the heterodox, then praising the sage.) In stooping down to respond to ordinary mortals, he lodged his form in a fragile body; adapting to capacities to transform beings, he conformed to a hundred-year lifespan. Therefore, with the fruition restricted by karmic cultivation, Xinxin was caused to give rise to doubt; with his years brief while his conversion was vast, Maitreya was led to harbor hesitation. A gigantic mountain cannot be measured with a steelyard—likewise, though his lifespan seemed brief, his true age is far more distant; the mysterious void cannot be determined by feet and inches—so too, the distant kalpas are inexhaustible. How could it be like seeking immortality in a snake's hole only to end up with an early death, or waiting for medicine on a rainbow sash yet failing to extend one's years? This is like a soaring quail racing aloft alongside the wings of a Peng bird, or a nag competing in distance with the stride of a thoroughbred. This is the sixth inferiority of your Dao. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110.6.70) - [Next: 6.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110.6.72) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110~en-mt.6.71) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [廣弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.13.104) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110.6.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110.6.71) · Pramāṇa