三教之說之妄

三教之說之妄

朱竹垞日始爲三敎之說者,誰歟?其小人而無忌憚者歟?生民之初,草衣而血食,露處而野合。聖人者出,敎之田里,敎之樹畜。養生之本旣具,然後修道以明之。其理身心性命,其治家國天下,其端禮樂刑政,其文易、詩、書、禮、春秋。葢自庖羲氏作,而伊耆、軒轅、堯、舜、禹、湯、文、武、周公、孔子以數聖人損益之,而敎已大備,初未嘗有所不足,必待佛老之說以濟之也。佛老者,持過高之論,行不近人情之事,不耕則無食,不蠶則無衣,無男女則生人之道息,無上下則紛爭之漸起。以彼之說行之中國,葢有時而窮,則相率聚於中國,食人之食,居人之廬,陽叛聖人之言,而陰收聖人乏教之利。愚者不察,遂惑其說,至等聖人之敎三之。嗚呼!彼之所奉者一,而我之所泰者三,曾彼之不若矣。且所謂教者何哉?君臣、父子、兄弟、夫婦、朋友而已矣。舜命契曰:敬敷五敎。孟子曰:使契爲司徒,教以人倫。故曰:教以孝,所以敬天下之爲人父者也;教以弟,所以敬天下之爲人兄者也;敎以忠,所以警天下之爲人君者也。彼二氏者,旣已棄絕其人倫事物之常,將何以副敎之名哉?世之儒者,誦聖人之言,而安於三敎之目,其亦罪人矣夫!

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