It does not come from Buddhist scriptures.

"If you should accept, then accept; if you should remark, recite" comes from "Gongsun Chou Xia" in "Mencius". Analyze specific problems in detail, treat different situations differently, and solve them dialectically. In the words of Confucius, Mencius and others, this is called universal power and change.

If you should accept it, accept it, if you should recite it, recite it

Original text

Chen Zhen① asked: "The day before yesterday at Qi, the king gave me a gift of ② and a hundred ③. But not accepted; in the Song Dynasty, he gave seventy yi and received; in Xue 4, he gave fifty yi and accepted. "Master must live here."

Mencius said: "When I am in the Song Dynasty, I will travel far, and the traveler must pay tribute." . 'Why should I not accept it? When I am in Xue Ye, I should be wary; I will give it to the soldiers if I hear it.' If I am in Qi, there will be no place. If there is no place to give something, it is a gift (7). How can a gentleman take something from something?" (8)

Notes

(1) Chen Zhen: Mencius' student. ②Also gold: good gold. Because its price is double that of ordinary gold, it is called "double gold". ③One hundred: That is one hundred yi (yi). Er is an ancient unit of weight. One yi is worth twenty taels. ④Xue: There was the State of Xue in the Spring and Autumn Period, but it was destroyed by the State of Qi in the time of Mencius. Therefore, the Xue here refers to the fiefdom of Tianying, Jingguo Jun of the State of Qi, in the southeast of today's Teng County, Shandong Province. ⑤醆(jin): To give travel expenses or gifts to people traveling far away. (6) Be alert: Be prepared for accidents. According to Zhao Qi's annotation, there were evil people who wanted to harm Mencius, so Mencius was on guard. (7) Wei Wu Chu: There is no source, which is extended to mean there is no reason. (8) Goods: verb, buy, bribe.

Translation

Chen Zhen asked: "When I was in Qi State, the King of Qi gave you a hundred yi of gold, but you didn't accept it; when I arrived in Song State, my family The king gave you seventy yi, but you accepted it; in Xuedi, Xue Jun gave you fifty yi, and you accepted it. If it was right not to accept it before, then it was wrong to accept it later; The later acceptance was correct, but the previous refusal was wrong. Teacher, you must have made a mistake once." Mencius said: "It was all correct when he was in Song Dynasty. , I am going to travel far, and I should give some money to those who are traveling. So the king of Song said: "Send some money." When I was in Xuedi, I heard that there was danger on the road and I needed to be careful. Xue Jun said: "I heard that you need to be on guard, so I gave you some money to buy weapons." How can I not accept it? As for Qi, there is no reason to give me some money. Use money to buy me.

Where can a gentleman be bribed with money? ”