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# 明覺禪師語錄 6.187

明覺禪師語錄 6.187

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [6.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.6.187)

罷參還欲勘諸方，竿木隨身不易當（是則俱行，非則擒下），  
翻憶古來興化老，主賓用盡力牽羊。

> Ceasing study, you wish to examine the various quarters;  
> Carrying a pole wherever you go is not easy to undertake.  
> (If right, walk together; if wrong, seize and bring down.)  
> I turn and remember Old Xinghua of antiquity,  
> Exhausting guest and host to pull the sheep with all his might.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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