[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) › [三教平心論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117) › 1.11 # 三教平心論 1.11 三教平心論 1.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.1.11) 隋李士謙之論三教也。謂佛日也道月也儒五星也。豈非三光在天闕一不可。而三教在世亦缺一不可。雖其優劣不同。要不容於偏廢歟。然而人有異心。心有異見。慕道者謂。佛不如道之尊。向佛者謂。道不如佛之大。儒家以正自處。又兼斥道佛。以為異端。是是非非紛然淆亂。蓋千百年于此矣。吾將明而辨之。切以為不可以私心論。不可以愛憎之心論。惟平其心念究其極功。則可以渙然氷釋也。蓋極功者收因結果處也。天下事事物物皆有極功。沾體塗足。耕者之事也。至於倉廩充實。則耕者之極功也。草行露宿。商者之事也。至於黃金滿籯。則商者之極功也。惟三教亦然。儒有儒之極功。道有道之極功。佛有佛之極功。由其極功觀其優劣。則有不待辨而明者。 > When Li Shiqian of the Sui dynasty discussed the Three Teachings, he called the Buddha the sun, Daoism the moon, and Confucianism the five planets. Is it not that, just as heaven cannot lack any of the three luminaries, so the world cannot lack any of the Three Teachings? Although they differ in excellence, in essence they do not permit partial neglect. Yet people have differing minds, and minds hold differing views. Those who admire the Dao claim that the Buddha is not as reverend as the Dao; those who turn toward the Buddha claim that the Dao is not as great as the Buddha. The Confucians maintain themselves in rectitude and reject both Daoism and Buddhism, regarding them as heterodoxy. Affirming and denying, tangled in confusion—so it has been for hundreds and thousands of years. As I now intend to clarify and distinguish them, I submit that one must not judge with selfish bias, nor with a mind of love and hate. Only by calming one's mind and investigating their ultimate achievements can the matter dissolve away like melting ice. Now, “ultimate achievement” is the point where causes are gathered and fruit is produced. All affairs and things under heaven have their ultimate achievement. Soaking one's body and soiling one's feet is the affair of the farmer; when it comes to barns and granaries being full, that is the farmer's ultimate achievement. Traipsing through weeds and sleeping in the dew is the affair of the merchant; when it comes to gold filling his baskets, that is the merchant's ultimate achievement. The same holds true for the Three Teachings. Confucianism has its ultimate achievement; Daoism has its ultimate achievement; Buddhism has its ultimate achievement. When their relative superiority is viewed in terms of their ultimate achievements, it will be clear without awaiting debate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.1.10) - [Next: 1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.1.12) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117~en-mt.1.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.1.11) · Pramāṇa