[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [撫州曹山元證禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a) › 1.71 # 撫州曹山元證禪師語錄 1.71 撫州曹山元證禪師語錄 1.71 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1.71) 忠國師驀喚侍者，侍者來立，國師低頭，侍者立多時出去。國師喚侍者，如是三度了，曰：「將謂我孤負汝，汝却孤負我。」百丈舉問趙州：「國師三喚侍者，意作麼生？」州曰：「如人暗裏書字，字雖不成，文彩已彰。」又後有人舉問師：「國師三喚侍者，意作麼生？」師曰：「侍者第二遍回來，云：某甲不信和尚喚。」 > National Teacher Zhong suddenly called his attendant. The attendant came and stood there. The National Teacher bowed his head. The attendant stood for a long time and then went out. The National Teacher called his attendant in this manner three times and then said, "I thought I was disappointing you, but you on the contrary are disappointing me." Baizhang brought this up and asked Zhaozhou, "What was the National Teacher's intention in calling his attendant three times?" Zhou said, "Like someone writing characters in the dark: though the characters are not formed, the literary pattern has already become manifest." Later, someone brought this up and asked the Master, "What was the National Teacher's intention in calling his attendant three times?" The Master said, "When the attendant returned the second time, he said, 'I do not believe that the Venerable Monk is calling me.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1.70) - [Next: 1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1.72) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a~en-mt.1.71) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [撫州曹山本寂禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987b.2.3) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1.71) · Pramāṇa