[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) › 47.46 # 法苑珠林 47.46 法苑珠林 47.46 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [47.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.47.46) 夫善惡乖背言行兩違。禍釁從生怨毒彌重。所以言之者易。行之者難。是故剛柔得中違順得性。譬鑄劍太剛則折太柔則卷。欲劍無折必加其錫。欲劍無卷必加其金。何者金性剛而錫質柔。剛柔均平則為善矣。含性和平則為嘉矣。故羅雲密行以自調。故聖讚以美譽。提婆麁行以獷惡。故眾毀以過彰。俗書云。西門豹性急。佩韋以自緩。董安于性緩。帶弦以自急。故陰陽調天地之和也。剛柔均人物之性也。 > Now, when good and evil run contrary and words and actions conflict with one another, misfortunes and disasters arise therefrom, and enmity and malice grow ever heavier. Therefore, to speak of it is easy, but to practice it is difficult. For this reason, when firmness and gentleness attain the middle, opposition and compliance attain their proper nature. For example, when casting a sword, if it is too hard it will snap, and if it is too soft it will bend. If one wishes the sword not to snap, tin must be added to it; if one wishes the sword not to bend, metal (copper/bronze) must be added to it. Why? The nature of metal is hard, while the substance of tin is soft. When hardness and softness are balanced and equal, it is good. When one’s endowed nature is harmonious and peaceful, it is praiseworthy. Thus Rāhula’s hidden practice was used to regulate himself, wherefore the Sage praised him with fine acclaim; Devadatta’s coarse conduct was harsh and wicked, wherefore the multitude condemned him with evident faults. Secular books state: Ximen Bao was impatient by nature, so he wore a leather strip to moderate himself; Dong Anyu was sluggish by nature, so he wore a bowstring to urge himself on. Therefore, the tuning of yin and yang constitutes the harmony of heaven and earth; the balancing of hardness and softness constitutes the nature of humans and things. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 47.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.47.45) - [Next: 47.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.47.47) - [Up: 47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.47) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.47.46) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.47.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.47.46) · Pramāṇa