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# 明覺禪師語錄 4.4

明覺禪師語錄 4.4

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.4)

上堂：「寡不敵眾，什麼人分上事？」代云：「總由和尚。」又云：「彼此。」又云：「龍蛇易辯，衲子難瞞。許爾眼正，頂後一相拈得也無。」代云：「收。」

> Ascending the hall, \[the master\] said: "'The few cannot withstand the many'—to whose lot does this affair belong?" Speaking on their behalf, he said: "It all depends on the Upādhyāya." He also said: "Mutual." He also said: "Dragons and snakes are easy to discern; a patch-robed monk is difficult to deceive. Even granting your eye is correct, can you bring forth the sign behind your crown?" Speaking on their behalf, he said: "Withdrawn."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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