[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) › 3.38 # 折疑論 3.38 折疑論 3.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.3.38) 夫禮者忠信之薄而亂之首（言禮者。非合無為之道也。故老子所謂禮者。忠信之薄而亂之首也。言不務其內而修飾其外。故禮則出乎人偽也）。 > Now, ritual is the thinning of loyalty and trustworthiness, and the beginning of disorder.' (This means that ritual does not accord with the Way of non-action. Therefore what Laozi called ritual is the thinning of loyalty and trustworthiness and the beginning of disorder. It means not attending to what is within while adorning what is without; hence ritual emerges from human contrivance.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.3.37) - [Next: 3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.3.39) - [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.3.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.3.38) · Pramāṇa