法苑珠林 55.74

55.74

竊惟賊飾黃巾興乎鉅鹿。鬼書丹簡發自平陽。而云服象雲羅。斯言逕廷。衣同雨穀不近人情。安有駕鶴乘龍。披巾布褐。驅鸞策鳳。頂戴皮冠。所以白石赤松之流。皆非鬼卒。王喬羨門之輩。並匪治頭。又李聃事周之辰。服同儒墨。公旗謀漢之日。始有黃巾。如其祖習伯陽道士並宜朝拜。若也宗旗取則。斯弊特可湮除矣。

I privately consider that the bandits' decoration of yellow turbans arose in Julu, and the ghost-writings on red slips originated from Pingyang. Yet when they say their robes resemble cloud-gauze, such talk is wide of the mark; their garments being like rainy silk fails to accord with human reality. How could there be those who ride cranes and mount dragons while wrapped in turbans and coarse hemp, or who drive luan birds and whip phoenixes while wearing leather caps on their heads? Thus, the likes of Baishi and Chisong were not ghost soldiers, and the peers of Wang Qiao and Xianmen were not parish heads. Furthermore, when Li Dan served the Zhou, his attire was identical to that of the Ru and Mohists; only on the day Gongqi plotted against the Han did yellow turbans first appear. If Daoists follow their ancestor Boyang, they ought to bow and pay homage at court; but if they take [Zhang] Jiao as their master and model, this evil especially ought to be eradicated.