法苑珠林 55.74

55.74

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.