[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) › 2.30 # 三教平心論 2.30 三教平心論 2.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.2.30) 夫釋氏之說。既非儒者所能窮。亦非儒者所能及。孰謂其可毀哉。韓愈毀之。不知佛者也。先儒毀之。傚韓愈者也。嘗於韓愈別傳。見其與大顛答問甚詳。愈曰。爾之所謂佛者。口不道先王之法言。安得而不斥之。大顛曰。計子嘗誦佛書矣。其疑與先王異者。可道之乎。愈曰。吾何暇讀彼之書。大顛曰。子未嘗讀彼之書。則安知其不道先王之法言也。且子無乃嘗讀孔子之書。而遂疑彼之非乎。抑聞人以為非。而遂非之乎。苟自以嘗讀孔子之書。而遂疑彼之非。是舜犬也。聞人以為非。而遂非之。是妾婦也。昔者舜館畜吠犬焉。旦暮所見者惟舜。一日堯過舜館而吠之。非愛舜而惡堯也。正以常所見者惟舜。而未嘗見堯也。今子嘗以孔子為學。而未嘗讀佛之書。遂從而怪之。是舜犬之見也。女子之嫁也。母送之曰。往之汝家。必敬必戒。母違夫子。故婦人在室則從父母。嫁則從夫。夫死從子終其身。惟他人是從。是妾婦之道也。今聞人以為非。遂從而非之。乃妾婦之見也。由是言之。愈之毀佛舜犬也。傚愈而毀佛者。非妾婦乎。為舜犬為妾婦。無非見聞不廣而然耳。 > Now, since the Buddhist teachings can neither be exhausted by Confucians nor reached by Confucians, who can say that they may be reviled? Han Yu reviled them because he did not understand the Buddha; earlier Confucians reviled them because they imitated Han Yu. I once saw in the \*Alternative Biography of Han Yu\* his question-and-answer dialogue with Dadian, which is very detailed. Yu said: "What you call the Buddha does not speak the model words of the former kings; how can I not denounce him?" Dadian said: "I reckon you must have chanted Buddhist scriptures. Can you speak of the points where you suspect they differ from the former kings?" Yu said: "What leisure do I have to read his books?" Dadian said: "If you have never read his books, how do you know that they do not speak the model words of the former kings? Moreover, could it be that having read the books of Confucius, you thereupon suspect he is wrong? Or having heard others consider him wrong, you thereupon consider him wrong? If, merely because you have read the books of Confucius, you thereupon suspect he is wrong, this is \[acting like\] Shun's dog. If, having heard others consider him wrong, you thereupon consider him wrong, this is \[acting like\] a concubine or wife. In ancient times, Shun's lodge kept a barking dog. From morning to evening, all it ever saw was Shun. One day Yao passed by Shun's lodge, and it barked at him. This was not because it loved Shun and hated Yao, but precisely because what it constantly saw was only Shun, and it had never seen Yao. Now you have made Confucius your study and have never read the books of the Buddha, yet you go along and find him strange—this is the view of Shun's dog. When a woman is married off, her mother sends her away, saying: 'Go to your home; you must be respectful and cautious, and do not disobey your husband.' Therefore, a woman follows her parents when at home, follows her husband when married, and follows her son when her husband dies; to the end of her life, she merely follows others. This is the way of a concubine or wife. Now hearing others consider him wrong, you immediately follow along and consider him wrong; this is the view of a concubine or wife." Judging from this, Yu's reviling of the Buddha was \[acting like\] Shun's dog; are not those who imitated Yu and reviled the Buddha \[acting like\] concubines and wives? Being Shun's dog or being a concubine or wife is solely because their seeing and hearing was not broad. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.2.29) - [Next: 2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.2.31) - [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.2.30) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.37) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.2.30) · Pramāṇa