[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 14.44 # 法苑珠林 14.44 法苑珠林 14.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.44) 又問。今西京城西高四土臺。俗諺云。是蒼頡造書臺。如何云隷書字古時已有。答云。蒼頡於此臺上增土造臺。觀鳥迹者非無其事。且蒼頡之傳此土罕知其源。或云。黃帝之臣。或云古帝王也。鳥迹之書時變一途。今所絕有。無益之言不勞述也。 > He further asked, "West of the Western Capital today there is a High Four-Earth Platform (Gaositai). Folk proverbs say it is the platform where Cangjie created writing. Why do you say clerical characters already existed in antiquity?" He answered, "Cangjie added earth to build a platform upon this platform; that he observed bird tracks is not without foundation. Moreover, regarding the traditions of Cangjie, this realm rarely knows their origin: some say he was an official of the Yellow Emperor, others that he was an ancient emperor. The script of bird tracks was merely a temporary change of path, which is completely extinct today. Words of no benefit need not be belaboured." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.43) - [Next: 14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.45) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.14.44) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [律相感通傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1898.1.23) — Classical Chinese - [道宣律師感通錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2107.1.5) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.44) · Pramāṇa