[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) › [淨名經集解關中疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777) › 2.4 # 淨名經集解關中疏 2.4 淨名經集解關中疏 2.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.4) 文殊師利白佛言。世尊。彼上人者難為酬對　此二恭命文五。一恭問命疾。二大眾侍從。三賓主往復。四宣旨問疾。五時眾得益。初中文三。初總目謙。二陳彼勝德。三恭旨往問。此初也。什曰。言乃超出我上。豈直諸賢。此蓋深往者之情耳。豈其實哉。肇曰。三萬二千何必不任。文殊師利何必獨最。意□至人變謀無方隱顯殊迹故。迭為修短應物之情事熟敢定其優劣。辯其得失乎。文殊將適肇心而奉使命故。先歎淨名之德以生眾會難遭之想也。其人道尊難為酬對。當承佛聖旨行問疾耳。 > "Mañjuśrī addressed the Buddha, saying: 'World-Honored One, that superior man is difficult to match in dialogue.'" This second part on respectfully receiving the command has five sections: first, respectfully inquiring about the mission regarding illness; second, the great assembly acting as attendants; third, the exchange between guest and host; fourth, declaring the purpose and inquiring about the illness; fifth, the audience gaining benefit. In the first section there are three parts: first, general modesty; second, stating his superior virtue; third, revering the command to go and inquire. This is the first. Shi says: 'His words surpass me; how could they merely surpass the various worthies?' This is deeply conveying his sentiment; how could it be actual fact? Zhao says: Why must the thirty-two thousand necessarily be incapable? Why must Mañjuśrī alone be the foremost? My sense is that the ultimate persons have limitless transformations and schemes, showing varied traces of hiding and appearing; therefore, they alternately manifest as long and short in response to the feelings of beings. Who would dare decisively establish their superiority and inferiority or debate their gains and losses? Since Mañjuśrī was about to align with Zhao's mind and fulfill the mission, he first praised Jingming's virtue to generate in the assembled multitude the thought that he is difficult to encounter. That man's path is lofty and difficult to match in dialogue; he would simply receive the Buddha's holy command and go inquire after his illness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.3) - [Next: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.5) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777~en-mt.2.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.5.5) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.4) · Pramāṇa