[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) › 20.17 # 諸經要集 20.17 諸經要集 20.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [20.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.20.17) 何謂病苦。人有四大和合而成。一大不調百一病生。四大不調。四百四病同時俱作。地大不調舉身沈重。水大不調舉身膖腫。火大不調舉身蒸熱。風大不調舉身掘強。百節苦痛。猶被杖楚。四大進退手足不任。氣力虛竭坐起須人。口燥唇燋。筋斷鼻坼。目不見色耳不聞音。不淨流出。身臥其上。心懷苦惱。言趣悲哀。六親在側晝夜看視。初不休息。餚饍美食入口皆苦。此是苦不。答曰。實是大苦。 > 'What is the suffering of illness? A human is composed of the harmony of the four great elements. If one element is out of harmony, a hundred and one diseases arise; if the four great elements are out of harmony, four hundred and four diseases arise all at once. If the earth element is out of harmony, the whole body feels heavy; if the water element is out of harmony, the whole body swells; if the fire element is out of harmony, the whole body is feverish and steamy; if the wind element is out of harmony, the whole body becomes stiff and rigid. The hundred joints suffer pain as though beaten with sticks and whips. With the flux of the four elements, hands and feet become useless, vitality is exhausted, and sitting or rising requires others. The mouth is parched and the lips are scorched; tendons snap and the nose cracks; the eyes do not see forms and the ears do not hear sounds; impurities flow forth, and one lies upon them; the mind harbors anguish, and the speech expresses sorrow. Kinfolk are at one's side, watching day and night without rest. Fine dishes and delicacies are all bitter when entering the mouth. Is this not suffering?' They replied: 'Indeed it is great suffering.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 20.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.20.16) - [Next: 20.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.20.18) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.20.17) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛說五王經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottara.pancarajasutra*zh-t523.1.25) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.20.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.20.17) · Pramāṇa