[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) › [釋氏要覽](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127) › 2.107 # 釋氏要覽 2.107 釋氏要覽 2.107 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.107) 僧祇云。比丘作房欲畫壁。佛言聽畫山林人馬之屬。不得畫男女和合之像○昔者南齊竟陵文宣王圖先賢形貌於書齋壁。俾若神對其中。有烈女之像。時有客曰。君畫烈女。似好色不好德也。文宣遂削去謝之。俗宮避嫌。尚如此焉。 > The Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya says: 'When monks built rooms and wished to paint the walls, the Buddha said: "I permit painting such things as mountain forests, humans, and horses; one must not paint depictions of men and women in sexual union."' ○ Formerly, Prince Wenxuan of Jingling of the Southern Qi painted likenesses of former worthies on the walls of his study, making it as if he were facing deities; among them were likenesses of heroic women. A guest at the time said: 'Your painting of heroic women seems to be a liking for sex rather than a liking for virtue.' Wenxuan then scraped them off and apologized. A secular residence avoiding suspicion was still like this! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.106) - [Next: 2.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.108) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127~en-mt.2.107) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.107) · Pramāṇa