法苑珠林 5.43

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5.43

Question: What is their speech like? Answer: When the world was first formed, everyone spoke the noble language. Later, because of the inequality among sentient beings at the time of food and drink, and because of the increase of flattery and deception, there came to be various kinds of speech, down to those who cannot speak.

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法苑珠林 — 道世, Classical Chinese