《南齐书·列传·卷五十四》
孔子、老子、释迦牟尼，其为圣人大概相同，但对世界的观照不同，因此立教的宗旨不同。
孔、老、释迦，其人或同，观方设教，其道必异。
Confucius, Laozi, and Shakyamuni were all sages, but they had different understandings of the world and therefore established their teachings with different aims.