辯偽錄 4.26

4.26

Laughed at is Quanzhen's talk of converting the barbarians; / When it came to debate, it all turned to void. / At their wit's end, with reasons exhausted, they discarded crowns and cloaks; / Defeated and ruined, heads lowered, they shaved off hair and beard. / In the evening, bowing to Buddha names, they were ashamed to join the chant; / In the morning, joining the monks, they breathed empty long sighs. / Ever since the scriptures were burned in the Han dynasty, / Ashamed of the Way, they have twice been defeated and turned into monks.