[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) › 1.3 # 三教平心論 1.3 三教平心論 1.3 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.1.3) 先聖無為之道。翻成紛諍之端。良可歎也。比觀靜齋學士所著一理論。言簡理詳盡善盡美。窮儒道之淵源。啟釋門之玄閟。辯析疑惑決擇是非。未嘗不出於公論。譬猶星之在秤輕重無差。鏡之當臺妍醜難隱。斯論之作。良有以矣。通城實堂居士吳鼎來。智識超邁黨與至公（黨與出史記。謂言意相合。而與之友善也）命工繡梓以廣其傳欲使覽者。如白居易張商英等唐宋諸賢。察其至理直趣。 > that the effortless Way of the ancient sages turns into a source of contentious dispute. How lamentable indeed! Recently, I examined this treatise on principle composed by Scholar Jingzhai: its words are concise, its principles exhaustive, fully good and fully beautiful. It plumbs the origins of Confucianism and Daoism and opens the profound secrets of the gate of Śākya. In analyzing doubts and discerning right from wrong, it never fails to proceed from impartial judgment. It is like the stars upon a steelyard, leaving no discrepancy in weight; or like a mirror before its stand, making it impossible to conceal beauty or ugliness. The composition of this treatise truly has good reason. Upright Layman Wu Dinglai of Tongcheng, whose wisdom and understanding are transcendent and whose associations are entirely fair-minded (the term “associations” comes from the Shiji, meaning that words and intentions agree, and one associates with them as friends), commissioned artisans to carve it into printing blocks in order to spread its transmission broadly. He wished to cause readers—such as Bai Juyi, Zhang Shangying, and other worthies of the Tang and Song dynasties—to examine its ultimate principle and directly proceed > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.1.2) - [Next: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.1.4) - [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.1.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.1.3) · Pramāṇa