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# 明覺禪師語錄 3.73

明覺禪師語錄 3.73

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.3.73)

舉：「茱萸把一橛竹上堂云：『還有虛空裏釘得橛麼？』時有靈虛上座出云：『虛空是橛。』茱萸便打，虛云：『莫錯打某甲。』茱萸休去。」師云：「若要此話大行，直須打了趁出。」

> \[The Master\] cited: "Zhuyu took a bamboo stake, ascended the hall, and said, 'Is there anyone who can drive a stake into empty space?' At that time, Senior Lingxu came forward and said, 'Empty space is the stake.' Zhuyu struck him at once. Xu said, 'Do not mistakenly strike me.' Zhuyu stopped." The Master said, "If this story is to prevail widely, one should have struck him and chased him straight out."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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