[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) › 55.63 # 法苑珠林 55.63 法苑珠林 55.63 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [55.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55.63) 方外對曰。愚戇不思輒出凶誣。夫九黎亂德。豈非無佛之年。三苗逆命。非當有法之後。夏殷之季。何有淳和。春秋之時。寧無篡逆。寇賊姦兇。作士命於睪繇。獫狁孔熾。薄伐勞於吉甫。而愚謂。佛興篡逆。法敗淳和。專搆虛言皆違實錄。一縷之盜。佛猶戒之。豈長篡逆之亂乎。一言之競。佛亦防之。何敗淳和之道乎。惟佛之為教也。勸臣以忠。勸子以孝。勸國以治。勸家以和。弘善示天堂之樂。懲非顯地獄之苦。不唯一字以為褒。豈止五刑而作戒乃謂傷和而長亂。不亦誣謗之甚哉。亦何傷於佛日乎。但自淪於苦海矣。輕而不避。良可悲夫。 > The Beyond-the-Worldly One replied: "Out of folly and obstinacy, without reflection, you recklessly utter wicked calumnies. Did the Jiuli corrupt virtue in a year when there was a Buddha? Did the Sanmiao rebel against orders after the Dharma was present? In the closing years of the Xia and the Yin, where was there purity and harmony? In the Spring and Autumn period, was there really no usurpation or rebellion? When brigands, rebels, traitors, and villains arose, Gaoyao was appointed as judge; when the Xianyun flared up fiercely, Jifu was tasked with repelling them. Yet the foolish say that the Buddha gives rise to usurpation and rebellion, and that the Dharma ruins purity and harmony! Fabricating only empty words, they contradict true records in every way. The Buddha prohibits even the theft of a single thread; how could He foster the turmoil of usurpation and rebellion? The Buddha prevents even the contention of a single word; how could He ruin the way of purity and harmony? As for the Buddha’s teaching: it exhorts ministers to loyalty, sons to filial piety, states to good order, and families to harmony. Promoting goodness, it shows the bliss of the heavens; punishing wrongdoing, it reveals the torments of the hells. It does not rely merely on a single word of praise, nor does it stop at the five punishments to establish its prohibitions. To claim then that it harms harmony and fosters disorder—is this not the height of slanderous libel? Yet how could it harm the Buddha-sun? It merely sinks oneself into the sea of suffering. Treating it lightly without avoiding \[its retribution\] is truly pitiable!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 55.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55.62) - [Next: 55.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55.64) - [Up: 55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.55.63) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.11.10.4) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55.63) · Pramāṇa