[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) › 2.156 # 釋氏要覽 2.156 釋氏要覽 2.156 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.156) 太魚事經云。昔有一池。多有諸魚。爾時大魚誡諸小魚。莫往他處。必為人捕。時諸小魚忘其教誡。便往他處。幾被網獲。洎歸本所。大魚問曰。汝何所見。小魚曰。唯有長線。大魚曰。我之祖父皆死此線。慎勿再往也。後時小魚忘教復往。盡為所捕。此喻比丘不受善教。後罹橫禍。 > The Sūtra on the Matter of the Great Fish says: In the past, there was a pond with many fishes. At that time, a great fish admonished the small fishes, 'Do not go elsewhere, or you will surely be caught by humans.' At that time, the small fishes forgot the instruction and admonition and went elsewhere, almost being captured in a net. When they returned to their original place, the great fish asked, 'What did you see?' The small fishes said, 'There was only a long line.' The great fish said, 'My grandfathers and fathers all died by this line. Be careful never to go there again!' Later, the small fishes forgot the instruction and went there again, and all were captured. This is a metaphor for a monk who does not accept good instruction and later suffers an untimely calamity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.155) - [Next: 2.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.157) - [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.2.156) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.156) · Pramāṇa