[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) › 2.10 # 三教平心論 2.10 三教平心論 2.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.2.10) 原道謂。堯舜禹湯以道相傳是矣。禹沒四百年。而湯始生。謂湯接禹之傳可也。愈乃謂。禹以是傳之湯。湯沒六百年。而文武始出。謂文武接湯之傳可也。愈乃謂。湯以是傳之文武。豈有既沒數百年而能以道傳人者乎。曰。可死不得其傳。愈亦知死則不能傳道矣。何為既死之禹湯。乃能傳道於後世哉。愈之不知道也又如此。 > In \*Origins of the Way\*, he states that Yao, Shun, Yu, and Tang transmitted the Way to each other, which is true. But after Yu died, four hundred years passed before Tang was born; to say that Tang received Yu's transmission is acceptable, yet Yu claimed: 'Yu transmitted it with this to Tang.' After Tang died, six hundred years passed before King Wen and King Wu emerged; to say that Wen and Wu received Tang's transmission is acceptable, yet Yu claimed: 'Tang transmitted it with this to Wen and Wu.' How could there be someone who, having already been dead for hundreds of years, could transmit the Way to others? \[The classic\] says: 'He died and did not obtain its transmission.' Yu also knew that upon death one cannot transmit the Way. Why then could the long-dead Yu and Tang transmit the Way to later generations? Yu's ignorance of the Way is also like this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.2.9) - [Next: 2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.2.11) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117~en-mt.2.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.2.10) · Pramāṇa