[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) › 5.10 # 明覺禪師語錄 5.10 明覺禪師語錄 5.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.5.10) 古有焦桐音，聽寡不在彈，古有陽春曲，和寡不在言。 言兮牙齒寒，未極離微根，彈兮歲月闌， 未盡昇沈源。少林幾坐華木落，庾嶺獨行天地寬， 因笑仲尼溫伯雪，傾蓋同途不同轍。 麟兮鳳兮安可論，許兮巢兮復何說，秋光澄澄蟾印水， 秋風蕭蕭葉初墜。送君高蹈誰不知， 如曰不知則為貴。 > In antiquity there was the music of the scorched paulownia—few listened, not for lack of plucking; / In antiquity there was the song of 'Sunny Spring'—few harmonised, not for lack of words. / When speaking, the teeth grow cold, / Not having reached the root of separation and subtlety; / When plucking, the years draw to an end, / Not having exhausted the source of rising and sinking. / At Shaolin, how often he sat as flowering trees shed leaves; / On Yu Ridge walking alone, heaven and earth are broad. / Smiling at Confucius and Wenbo Xue: / Wheels side by side on the same path, yet taking different ruts. / The qilin and phoenix—how can they be discussed? / Xu You and Chaofu—what more is to be said? / Autumn light is clear and bright, the toad reflects in the water; / The autumn wind soughs, the first leaves fall. / Seeing you step loftily away, who does not know? / If they say they do not know, that is what is precious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.5.9) - [Next: 5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.5.11) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996~en-mt.5.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.5.10) · Pramāṇa