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title: "闢邪集 · 際明禪師復柬"
description: "辟邪集是明末高僧钟始声的著作由大朗作序程启用撰写跋文该书创作于明末天主教传入中国的背景下主要针对当时天主教的天学理论进行批判全书分为天学初徵和天学再徵两部分并附有四则书信钟始声以佛教立场驳斥了天主教的上帝创世说和灵魂不灭论等核心教义维护了佛教的缘起性空和因果轮回思想辟邪集是明清之际佛教护教文献的重要代表作反映了佛教与西方宗教的早期思想交锋在佛教思想史上具有重要地位是研究明清佛教与中西文化交流的重要文献"
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### 際明禪師復柬

> Master Chan Master Jiming's Reply

方外雲蹤，久失聞問。而髫年千古之志，則未敢或忘也。接手教，兼讀《初徵》，快甚！居士擔當聖學，正應出此手眼。山衲既棄世法，不必更為辯論。若謂彼攻佛教，佛教實非彼所能破。且今時釋子，有名無義者多，藉此外難以警悚之，未必非佛法之幸也！刀不磨不利，鐘不擊不鳴。三武滅僧，而佛法益盛。山衲且拭目俟之矣。草復不既。

> Beyond the worldly realm, we have long lost touch. Yet I have never dared to forget the aspirations I held since childhood. Receiving your letter, together with the \*First Exposition\*, brings me great joy! In taking on the task of sacred learning, it is fitting that you employ such sharp insight. Since I, a humble monk, have abandoned worldly affairs, there is no need for me to argue further. If it is said that Buddhism is attacked, know that Buddhism cannot truly be broken by such attacks. Today's followers of the Buddha are many in name but few in substance; perhaps we should be grateful if external criticism can serve as a wake-up call. A knife is not sharp unless honed; a bell will not ring unless struck. Under the three emperors who suppressed Buddhism, monks were persecuted, yet the Dharma flourished ever more. I, this humble monk, will simply watch and wait. A brief reply cannot exhaust the matter.