雲門匡真禪師廣錄 1.54

1.54

夜半子，愚夫說相似；　鷄鳴丑，癡人捧龜首；　平旦寅，曉何人；　日出卯，韓情枯骨咬；　食時辰，歷歷明機是誤真；　禺中巳，去來南北子；　日南午，認向途中苦；　日昳未，夏逢說寒氣；　晡時申，張三李四會言真；　日入酉，恒機何得守；　黃昏戌，看見時光誰受屈；　人定亥，直得分明沈苦海。

At midnight, the hour of the Rat (zi): foolish men speak of resemblances. / At cockcrow, the hour of the Ox (chou): simpletons hold the head of the turtle. / At dawn, the hour of the Tiger (yin): who understands the dawn? / At sunrise, the hour of the Hare (mao): feeling cold, chewing on dry bones. / At breakfast time, the hour of the Dragon (chen): clearly distinct dynamic functioning is mistaken for reality. / At mid-morning, the hour of the Snake (si): going and coming, creatures of south and north. / At midday, the hour of the Horse (wu): recognizing along the road brings suffering. / At afternoon, the hour of the Sheep (wei): meeting in summer and speaking of cold air. / At late afternoon, the hour of the Monkey (shen): Zhang Three and Li Four understand the spoken truth. / At sunset, the hour of the Rooster (you): how can one cling to constant functioning? / At dusk, the hour of the Dog (xu): seeing the daylight, who suffers injustice? / At nightfall, the hour of the Boar (hai): precisely when clear and distinct, one sinks into the ocean of suffering.