[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) › 46.31 # 法苑珠林 46.31 法苑珠林 46.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [46.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.31) 有瓶蓋亦空　無蓋亦復空 有瓶蓋亦滿　無蓋亦復滿 當知諸世間　有此四種人 威儀及功德　有無亦如是 若非一切智　何能籌量人 寧以見威儀　而便知其德 正知有善心　名為賢人相 但見外威儀　何由知其內 若以外量內　而生輕賤心 敗身及善根　命終墮惡道 外詐現威儀　游行以賢善 但有口言說　如雷而無雨 > "There are jars with covers that are empty, / And those without covers that are also empty; / There are jars with covers that are full, / And those without covers that are also full. / One should know that in the worlds / There are these four kinds of persons; / Their comportment and virtue, / Their presence or absence, are just like this. / If one is not omniscient, / How can one measure people? / How could seeing merely outward deportment / Enable one to know their virtue? / Truly knowing that one has a wholesome mind / Is what is called the sign of a worthy person. / Seeing only outward deportment, / How can one know what is within? / If by the outward one measures the inward / And gives rise to a mind of contempt, / One ruins oneself and one's roots of goodness, / And at the end of life falls into the evil realms. / Outwardly one falsely displays deportment, / Moving about as a worthy and good person, / Yet having only spoken words, / Like thunder without rain." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 46.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.30) - [Next: 46.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.32) - [Up: 46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.46.31) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [十住毘婆沙論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dasabhumika!vibhasa*zh-kumarajiva.8.76) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.31) · Pramāṇa