[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) › [折疑論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118) › 3.196 # 折疑論 3.196 折疑論 3.196 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.3.196) 老子曰。是以聖人去甚去奢去泰（去皆上聲。老子所云。甚奢泰三字。皆是過中不當之義。是以聖人去除。甚過音樂。奢過服食。泰過宮室。若無此三者則合中矣）。 > Laozi said, 'Therefore the sage discards the excessive, the extravagant, and the extreme' (qù is in the falling tone; what Laozi said with the three words 'excessive, extravagant, extreme' all carry the meaning of going beyond the mean and being improper; therefore the sage removes them: 'excessive' means going too far in music, 'extravagant' means going too far in dress and food, 'extreme' means going too far in palaces; if one lacks these three, one accords with the mean). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.3.195) - [Next: 3.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.3.197) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118~en-mt.3.196) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.3.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.3.196) · Pramāṇa