[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) › [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123) › 14.45 # 諸經要集 14.45 諸經要集 14.45 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.45) 寧以赤鐵　宛轉眼中　不以散心 邪視女色　含笑作姿　憍慢羞慚 迴面攝眼　美言妬瞋　行步妖穢 以惑於人　婬羅彌網　人皆投身 坐臥行立　迴眄巧媚　薄智愚人 為之心碎　執劍向敵　是猶可勝 女賊害人　是不可禁　毒蛇含毒 猶可手捉　女情惑人　是不可觸 > Better that red-hot iron / be rolled about within one's eyes, / than that with a scattered mind / one should look lasciviously upon female beauty. / With smiling faces they assume seductive postures, / haughty and coy, / turning their faces and casting sidelong glances, / with sweet words, jealousy, and anger, / walking in bewitching, defiled manners / to delude men. / When the snare of lust spreads its net, / men all cast themselves in. / Sitting, lying, walking, standing, / they glance coquettishly with clever charms; / foolish men of shallow wisdom / are brokenhearted because of them. / Brandishing a sword against an enemy / may still be overcome, / but the female robber who harms people / cannot be restrained. / A venomous snake bearing poison / may still be held in hand, / but a woman's passion that bewilders men / must never be touched. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.44) - [Next: 14.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.46) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.14.45) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.75.24) — 道世, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.45) · Pramāṇa