貞元新定釋教目錄 28.8

28.8

Regarding spurious scriptures: they are composed through heterodox views to confound the authentic scriptures. Since the Great Master veiled his presence nearly two thousand years ago, demonic teachings have vied to arise and the correct Dharma has declined. There have been foolish and ignorant persons who, with minds deluded by evil views, fabricated various sūtras to deceive and bewilder the worldly commoners, using heterodox words to corrupt orthodoxy. How lamentable this is! Now, fearing that the genuine and spurious might be intermingled and right and wrong treated as one—comparable to the precious jade of Mount Kunlun flowing together with rubble and stones, or the pure gold of Jambudvīpa sharing an equal value with lead and iron—I now categorize them separately so that the genuine and spurious may be distinguished, hoping that the Jing and Wei rivers keep their separate streams and leave no future troubles.