[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) › [翻譯名義集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131) › 5.156 # 翻譯名義集 5.156 翻譯名義集 5.156 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.5.156) 安帝元初中，太尉桓玄，上書令拜。尚書令桓謙、中書王謐等，抗諫曰：「今沙門雖意深於敬，不以形屈為禮。迹充率土，而趣超方內。是以外國之君，莫不降禮。良以道在則貴，不以人為輕重。尋大法東流，為日諒久。雖風移政變，而弘之不易。豈不以獨絕之化，有日用於陶漸，清約之風，無時害於隆平者乎？」玄又致書遠法師，遠著《沙門不敬王者論》五篇，其事由息。及安帝返政，還崇信奉。 > During the Yuanchu era of Emperor An, the Grand Commander Huan Xuan submitted a memorial ordering monks to render homage. The Prefect of the Masters of Writing Huan Qian, Secretariat Director Wang Mi, and others remonstrated, saying: 'Now, although the reverence in the minds of the śramaṇas is profound, they do not take physical prostration as their rite. While their footprints fill all under heaven, their aspirations transcend within the bounds. This is why rulers of foreign states all humble their etiquette before them. It is truly because where the Dao resides, it is revered, and its weight is not judged by the person. When we consider the eastward flow of the Great Dharma, it has indeed been a long time. Though customs shift and governments change, propagating it has not been easy. Is it not because its incomparable transformation has daily use in gradual edification, and its pure and restrained ways are never harmful to flourishing peace?' Huan Xuan also sent a letter to Master Huiyuan; Huiyuan wrote the five-chapter 'Treatise on Śramaṇas Not Paying Homage to Kings' (Shamen bu jing wangzhe lun), and the matter was thereby put to rest. When Emperor An returned to power, he again revered and believed in it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.5.155) - [Next: 5.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.5.157) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131~en-mt.5.156) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.5.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.5.156) · Pramāṇa