[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) › [北山錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2113) › 5.2.13 # 北山錄 5.2.13 北山錄 5.2.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2113.5.2.13) 文子稱黃帝之形有𮮈而神不化。 以不化之化乘變無窮。 延陵季子適于齊。 長子死葬於嬴博之間（嬴博齊地。 太山縣也）其坎深不至泉殮以時服曰骨肉歸于土命也。 若魂氣為變無所不之仲尼賢之也（莊子將死。 弟子欲厚葬莊子曰。 吾以天地為棺椁。 日月為連壁。 星辰為珠璣。 萬物為資送。 吾葬具不備耶。 何以加其弟子。 曰吾恐烏鳶之食夫子也。 莊子曰。 在上為烏鳶食。 在下為螻蟻食。 奪彼與此何其偏耶）。 > "Wenzi stated: 'Huangdi's form had decay, yet his spirit did not transform. Riding upon endless changes through the transformation that does not transform.' When Jizi of Yanling went to Qi, his eldest son died and was buried between Ying and Bo (Ying and Bo were lands of Qi, in Taishan county). His grave was not so deep as to reach groundwater, and he shrouded him in contemporary clothing, saying: 'Bones and flesh return to the earth; this is destiny. As for the soul and qi undergoing change, there is nowhere it does not go.' Confucius considered him worthy. (When Zhuangzi was about to die, his disciples wished to give him a lavish funeral. Zhuangzi said: 'I take heaven and earth as my inner and outer coffin, the sun and moon as a pair of jade discs, the stars and constellations as pearls and jewels, and the myriad things as funeral gifts. Are my funerary preparations not already complete? What could you add to them?' His disciples said: 'We fear the kites and crows will eat our master.' Zhuangzi said: 'Above, I am eaten by kites and crows; below, I am eaten by mole crickets and ants. To snatch from the one to give to the other—how partial is that!')." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2113.5.2.12) - [Next: 5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2113.5.3) - [Up: 5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2113.5.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2113~en-mt.5.2.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2113.5.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2113.5.2.13) · Pramāṇa