[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) › [撫州曹山本寂禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987b) › 1.77 # 撫州曹山本寂禪師語錄 1.77 撫州曹山本寂禪師語錄 1.77 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987b.1.77) 南州帥南平鍾王雅，聞師有道，盡禮致之，不赴，但書偈付使者曰：「摧殘枯木倚寒林，幾度逢春不變心，樵客見之猶不採，郢人何事苦搜尋。」（鍾氏請不起，但寫大梅山居頌，答之。） > Zhong Kuangfan, King of Nanping and military governor of Nanzhou, heard that the Master possessed the Way and invited him with full courtesy. The Master did not go, but only wrote a verse and gave it to the messenger, which said: / 'A ravaged, withered tree leans against the cold forest; / Meeting spring how many times, its heart does not change. / Seeing it, the woodcutter does not even gather it; / For what reason do the men of Ying search so painfully?' / (Lord Zhong could not persuade him to come, but \[the Master\] only wrote Damei's verse on living in the mountains to reply to him.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987b.1.76) - [Next: 1.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987b.1.78) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987b.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987b~en-mt.1.77) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [撫州曹山元證禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1.66) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987b.1.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987b.1.77) · Pramāṇa