[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) › 5.21 # 折疑論 5.21 折疑論 5.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.5.21) 客曰。三聖設教異同之理。則聞命矣。敢問聖人原始返終之道。可得聞乎（原其始而知所生。返其終而知所死。如此道理可許得聞乎）。 > The guest said, 'I have received your instruction concerning the principle of differences and similarities in how the three sages established their teachings. May I venture to ask whether the Way by which the sages traced things to their origin and returned to their end may also be heard?' (Tracing their origin to know where life comes from, and returning to their end to know where death goes—may I be permitted to hear such principles?) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.5.20) - [Next: 5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.5.22) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118~en-mt.5.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.5.21) · Pramāṇa