[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) › [黃龍慧南禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993) › 1.12 # 黃龍慧南禪師語錄 1.12 黃龍慧南禪師語錄 1.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1.12) 上堂，舉：「雲門大師云：『平地上死人無數，過得荊棘林者是好手。』」乃拈起拂子云：「大眾！若喚作拂子，正是平地上死人；若不喚作拂子，未透得荊棘林在。」擊禪床，下座。 > Ascending the hall, he cited: "Great Master Yunmen said: 'On level ground there are countless dead people; one who can pass through the bramble thicket is an expert hand.'" Then, holding up his fly-whisk, he said: "Assembly! If you call it a fly-whisk, you are precisely a dead person on level ground; if you do not call it a fly-whisk, you have not yet penetrated the bramble thicket." He struck the Chan seat and descended from the seat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1.11) - [Next: 1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1.13) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993~en-mt.1.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1.12) · Pramāṇa