翻譯名義集 5.161

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武宗會昌五年，道士劉玄靜、趙歸真，非毀釋氏，沙汰佛寺。六年帝崩。宣帝立，復佛寺，誅劉玄靜毀罪。《通源記》云：「或責梁武崇佛，卒有侯景之敗者；蓋不知業通三世，因緣會遇果報還受之義。故文中子曰：『詩書盛而秦世滅，非仲尼之罪也；玄虛長而晉室亂，非老莊之罪也；齋戒修而梁國亡，非釋迦之罪也。』此說明矣（《吳書》云：吳主問三教，尚書令闞澤對曰：孔老設教，法天制用，不敢違天；佛之設教，諸天奉行）。」

In the fifth year of the Huichang reign of Emperor Wuzong, the Daoist priests Liu Xuanjing and Zhao Guizhen slandered the followers of Śākya and purged the Buddhist monasteries. In the sixth year, the Emperor passed away. When Emperor Xuanzong ascended the throne, he restored the Buddhist monasteries and executed Liu Xuanjing for the crime of defamation. The Tongyuan ji states: "Some blame Emperor Wu of Liang for venerating Buddhism, which ended in the disaster of Hou Jing. They fail to understand that karma spans the three times, and that when causes and conditions converge, retributions must still be undergone. Therefore, Wenzhongzi said: 'That the Odes and Documents flourished while the Qin dynasty perished was not the fault of Zhongni; that the abstruse and vacuous expanded while the Jin court fell into disorder was not the fault of Laozi and Zhuangzi; that fasting and precepts were cultivated while the Liang state fell was not the fault of Śākyamuni.' This explanation makes it clear. (The Wu shu states: The Lord of Wu inquired about the three teachings, and Director of the Imperial Secretariat Kan Ze replied: 'Confucius and Laozi established their teachings by taking Heaven as their model and prescribing their application, not daring to contravene Heaven; when the Buddha established his teachings, all the devas carried them out.')"