[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) › 1.17 # 三教平心論 1.17 三教平心論 1.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.1.17) 或者徒見公孫弘之曲學阿世。祝欽明之五經掃地。楊子雲明太玄之妙而諂事漢公。許敬宗知帝丘之義而失身女主。是皆自儒家出也。鼠道士以子夜術欺東坡。林靈素以神霄夢惑徽廟。天上神仙鄭化基而實一庸流。地下神仙何得一而實一凡庶。是皆自道家出也。胡僧呪術不能殺傅奕。石佛現光不能欺程顥。佛齒靈矣而碎於傅奕之羊角。佛牙神矣而壞於趙鳳之斧鉞。是皆自佛家出也。疊而觀之。則三教之在中國。皆未能粹然一出於正。尚何區區於優劣之辨哉。抑不思吾之所論者。儒也道也佛也。儒以剛大正直教人。為儒而所行多叛道者。是皆儒家之罪人也。道以清淨無為教人。奉道而甘心於邪術者。是皆道家之罪人也。佛以好生為心。不許以人足踐生草。而謂其說呪語以殺人可乎。佛以無相為宗。不可以身相見如來。而謂其憑頑石以惑眾可乎。齒而可碎。石而非齒也。牙而可壞。偽而非真也。凡假托教門造妖設偽者。皆是佛家之罪人也。庸可執是以議三教哉。 > Some merely see Gongsun Hong's crooked learning to flatter the age, Zhu Qinming's sweeping the Five Classics to the ground, Yang Ziyun's flattering of the Duke of Han despite understanding the subtlety of the Taixuan, and Xu Jingzong's forfeiting himself to an empress despite knowing the righteousness of Diqiu—all of these emerged from Confucianism. The Rat Daoist deceived Dongpo with his midnight arts; Lin Lingsu deluded Emperor Huizong with dreams of Shenxiao; the heavenly immortal Zheng Huaji was actually a mediocre mediocrity; the earthly immortal He Deyi was actually an ordinary commoner—all of these emerged from Daoism. The foreign monk's incantations could not kill Fu Yi; the stone Buddha's emitting of light could not deceive Cheng Hao; the Buddha tooth was considered miraculous, yet it was smashed by Fu Yi's sheep horn; the Buddha tooth relic was considered spiritual, yet it was destroyed by Zhao Feng's battle-axe—all of these emerged from Buddhism. Viewing them all together, none of the Three Teachings in China has been entirely pure and aligned with the correct path; why then make petty distinctions of superiority and inferiority? Yet they do not consider what I am discussing: it is Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism \[as teachings\]. Confucianism teaches people with broad uprightness; when those who act as Confucians often rebel against the Way in their conduct, they are sinners against Confucianism. Daoism teaches people with purity and non-action; when those who adhere to Daoism gladly stoop to heterodox arts, they are sinners against Daoism. Buddhism takes love of life as its heart, not even permitting human feet to tread on living grass; can one say that it teaches incantations to kill people? Buddhism takes signlessness as its essential doctrine, holding that one cannot perceive the Tathāgata through bodily forms; can one say that it relies on inert stone to delude the masses? If a tooth can be smashed, it was stone and not a \[Buddha's\] tooth; if a tooth can be destroyed, it was counterfeit and not genuine. All those who falsely make use of the religious gate to create monstrosities and set up fabrications are sinners against Buddhism. How could one seize upon these to judge the Three Teachings? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.1.16) - [Next: 1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.1.18) - [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.1.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.1.17) · Pramāṇa