[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) › [明覺禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996) › 3.78 # 明覺禪師語錄 3.78 明覺禪師語錄 3.78 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.3.78) 舉：「趙州示眾云：『今夜答話去，有解問者出來。』時有僧出，州云：『比來拋塼引玉，引得箇墼子。』法眼和尚遂乃舉問覺鐵嘴：『先師意作麼生？』覺云：『如國家拜將，乃問：「甚人去得？」時有人出云：「某甲去得。」云：「爾去不得。」』法眼云：『我會也。』」師云：「靈利漢聞舉，便知落處。然雖如此，放過覺鐵嘴。夫宗師語不虛發，出來必是作家，因什麼拋塼引墼？諸禪德！要識趙州麼？從前汗馬無人見，只要重論蓋代功。」 > \[The Master\] cited: "Zhaozhou instructed the assembly: 'Tonight I will answer questions; let anyone who knows how to ask come forward.' At that time a monk came forward. Zhaozhou said, 'I meant to cast a brick to draw jade, but drew an unburnt brick.' Upādhyāya Fayan then cited this and asked Jue the Iron Mouth, 'What was the late master's intent?' Jue said, 'Like when the state appoints a general, and asks, "Who can go?" Someone comes forward and says, "I can go." The king says, "You cannot go."' Fayan said, 'I understand.'" The Master said, "A clever fellow, hearing it cited, knows at once where it lands. Even so, he let Jue the Iron Mouth off. Now, an ancestral master's words are not issued in vain; one who comes forward must be an adept. Why cast a brick and draw an unburnt brick? Chan worthies! Do you want to know Zhaozhou? 'The sweating horse of former times was seen by no one; he merely wishes to reassess merit that covers the era.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.3.77) - [Next: 3.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.3.79) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996~en-mt.3.78) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.3.78) · Pramāṇa