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撫州曹山本寂禪師語錄 2.29

撫州曹山本寂禪師語錄 2.29

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Classical Chinese

2.29

正中來(過也)無中有路出塵埃(無句中有句。 「相隨來也。」又「從來事作麼生,恁麼則不相借也。」)但能不髑當今諱(傍這個。 「早是傍也。」 「自是一般人。」 「恁麼則盡大地無第二人也。」)也勝前朝斷舌才(非默。 「更切於這個。」又「終不切齒,恁麼則叮嚀不得者。」)。

Coming from within the correct (passing beyond):
Within nothingness there is a road out of the dust; (Within phrases of nothingness there are phrases. 'Coming in succession.' Also: 'How has it always been? If so, then there is no borrowing from each other.')
If only one can avoid offending the taboo of the reigning sovereign, (Flanking this. 'Already it is flanking.' 'Naturally a different kind of person.' 'If so, then throughout the great earth there is no second person.')
One surpasses the past dynasty's talent who had his tongue cut out. (Not silence. 'Even more urgent than this.' Also: 'In the end not grinding teeth; if so, then it cannot be enjoined.')

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