[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) › 48.22 # 法苑珠林 48.22 法苑珠林 48.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [48.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48.22) 狂亂姦狡人　猶如乳母衣 何足加其言　且堪與汝語 袈裟污不現　黑衣黑不污 姦狡兇惡人　世間不與語 蠅脚污素帛　明者小過現 如墨點珂貝　雖小悉皆現 > A wild, frantic, deceitful person / Is like a wet nurse's soiled garment. / What is the point of adding words to him? / You, however, are fit to be spoken to. / A stain on a black robe does not show; / Black garments are not stained by blackness. / To deceitful, wicked people, / The world does not speak. / A fly's leg stains white silk; / A slight fault shows upon the clear and bright. / Like a speck of ink on mother-of-pearl, / Though small, it fully reveals itself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 48.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48.21) - [Next: 48.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48.23) - [Up: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.48.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48.22) · Pramāṇa