[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) › 8.75 # 辯正論 8.75 辯正論 8.75 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110.8.75) 釋名云。都者覩也。言華夏之地帝王所居。萬邦歸湊。處華物麗謂之陸海。有所覩觀故云都也。纂文云。京都皆大也。大謂之都。小謂之邑。天尊所治。故稱玄都。釋名云。天子所居曰都曰宮。諸侯所居曰第曰宅。止客曰舘。集賢曰觀。如今鴻臚及弘文也。是以張衡兩京左思三都。不言觀也。今以都宮而為觀者。非其義也。釋名云。觀者。於上觀望也。漢宮殿名長安。有五十七觀。爾雅釋宮了無觀字。若改都為觀。便是降尊就卑。以觀代宮。復是退大作小。且四民天宮。非是天尊所坐之處。今為道觀。理不可也。名既不正。法亦是邪。何得以卑觀之名廢仙宮之號。 > The Shiming says: 'Du' means 'to view' (du). It refers to the land of Huaxia where emperors and kings dwell, where the myriad states converge, rich in flowers and magnificent in things, called a 'land-sea'; because there is something to behold, it is called 'du'. The Zuanwen says: 'Jing' and 'du' both mean 'great'. The great is called a 'du'; the small is called a 'yi'. Because it is the seat of the Heavenly Worthy's governance, it is called the Mysterious Metropolis (Xuandu). The Shiming says: Where the Son of Heaven dwells is called a 'du' or a 'gong' (palace); where the feudal lords dwell is called a 'di' (mansion) or a 'zhai' (residence); where guests lodge is called a 'guan' (lodge); where the worthy assemble is called a 'guan' (observatory), like the present Court of State Ceremonial and Hongwen Academy. Therefore, Zhang Heng's Two Capitals and Zuo Si's Three Capitals do not mention 'guan'. Now, to make the metropolis and palace into a 'guan' (abbey) does not conform to its meaning. The Shiming says: 'Guan' means to look out from above. The palaces of the Han dynasty were called Chang'an, and had fifty-seven observatories (guan). In the Erya's 'Explanation of Palaces', the character 'guan' does not appear at all. If one changes 'du' to 'guan', it is descending from the noble to the base; to replace 'gong' with 'guan' is again demoting the great into the small. Furthermore, the palaces of the heavens of the four peoples are not where the Heavenly Worthy sits. To make them into Daoist abbeys now is logically unacceptable. Since the name is improper, the doctrine is also heterodox. How can one abolish the title of immortal palaces by using the base name of 'abbey'? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110.8.74) - [Next: 8.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110.8.76) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110~en-mt.8.75) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110.8.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110.8.75) · Pramāṇa