[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) › 2.11 # 三教平心論 2.11 三教平心論 2.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.2.11) 與馮宿書。自北揚子為太玄時。且謂勝老子。又引侯芭之論謂。玄勝周易。夫老子五千言。固非楊子所能及至於易則更。數聖人而後為全經。雖孔子之聖猶謂。五十以學易。可以無太過。而愈乃謂不及楊子之太玄。何其謬哉。楊子作太玄以擬易。昔人謂其如吳楚僭號以稱王。擬易猶不免乎僭。而謂其勝易可乎。愈之不知經也又如此。 > In his letter to Feng Su, he compared himself to Master Yang when he composed the \*Taixuan\*, and moreover claimed it surpassed Laozi, and further cited Hou Ba's argument that the \*Xuan\* surpassed the \*Book of Changes\*. Now Laozi's five thousand words were certainly beyond Master Yang's reach. As for the \*Changes\*, it underwent several sages before becoming a complete classic. Even the sage Confucius still said: 'Give me a few years, so that at fifty I may study the \*Changes\*, and I may be free of major faults.' Yet Yu claimed that it did not measure up to Master Yang's \*Taixuan\*. How absurd! Master Yang composed the \*Taixuan\* to simulate the \*Changes\*; ancients said it was like the states of Wu and Chu usurping the title of king. Simulating the \*Changes\* still could not escape usurpation, so how could one say it surpassed the \*Changes\*? Yu's ignorance of the classics is also like this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.2.10) - [Next: 2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.2.12) - [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.2.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.2.11) · Pramāṇa