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Wei, Jin, and North-South -> 顏氏家訓 -> 歸心 -> 9 - Parallel passages[More information]
釋四曰:內教多途,出家自是其一法耳。若能誠孝在心,仁惠為本,須達、流水,不必剃落鬚髮;豈令罄井田而起塔廟,窮編戶以為僧尼也?皆由為政不能節之,遂使非法之寺,妨民稼穡,無業之僧,空國賦算,非大覺之本旨也。抑又論之:求道者,身計也;惜費者,國謀也。身計國謀,不可兩遂。誠臣徇主而棄親,孝子安家而忘國,各有行也。儒有不屈王侯高尚其事,隱有讓王辭相避世山林;安可計其賦役,以為罪人?若能偕化黔首,悉入道場,如妙樂之世,禳佉之國,則有自然稻米,無盡寶藏,安求田蠶之利乎?