[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) › 1.53 # 黃龍慧南禪師語錄 1.53 黃龍慧南禪師語錄 1.53 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1.53) 上堂，云：「大道無中，復誰前後？長空絕迹，何用量之。空既如是，道豈言哉？雖然如是，若是上根之輩，不假言詮；中下之流，又爭免得？所以有僧問雲門：『如何是雲門一曲？』雲門云：『臘月二十五。』」師云：「今日正當臘月二十五，汝等諸人如何委悉？若不委悉，汝等諸人諦聽，待黃龍為汝等諸人重唱一遍。雲門一曲二十五，不屬宮商角徵羽，若人問我曲因由，南山起雲北山雨。」以拂子擊禪床，下座。 > Ascending the hall, he said: "The Great Way has no center; who then is before or behind? The vast sky leaves no trace; why bother measuring it? Since emptiness is like this, how could the Way be spoken of? Even though it is like this, for those of superior faculties, it does not rely on verbal explanations; for those of middling and lower sorts, how can they avoid them? Therefore, a monk asked Yunmen: 'What is the melody of Yunmen?' Yunmen said: 'The twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month.'" The master said: "Today happens to be the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month. How do all of you understand it? If you do not understand it, all of you listen attentively; wait for Huanglong to sing it once more for all of you: / The melody of Yunmen, the twenty-fifth, / Belongs not to gong, shang, jiao, zhi, or yu. / If someone asks me the cause and theme of the tune: / Clouds arise on the southern mountain, rain falls on the northern mountain." Striking the Chan seat with the fly-whisk, he descended from the seat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1.52) - [Next: 1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1.54) - [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.1.53) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1.53) · Pramāṇa