[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) › [圓悟佛果禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997) › 17.35 # 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 17.35 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 17.35 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [17.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.17.35) 舉：「昔有秀才問長沙：『某甲曾看《千佛名經》，百千諸佛但見其名，未審居何國土？』長沙召秀才，才應諾，沙云：『黃鶴樓崔顥題後，秀才還曾題否？』才云：『不曾題。』沙云：『得閑題取一篇好。』」師拈云：「驀刀劈面，解辨者何人？劈箭當胸，承當者有幾？若能向奔流度刃、疾焰過風處，見長沙橫身為物，去不消一揑。其或隨言詮入露布，便謂問東答西，裂轉話頭。且作麼生是長沙端的處？還委悉麼？殺人刀，活人劍。」 > \[The Master\] cited: "Long ago, a scholar asked Changsha: 'I once read the Sutra of the Names of the Thousand Buddhas: one sees only the names of the hundreds of thousands of Buddhas, but I do not know in what lands they abide.' Changsha called to the scholar; the scholar responded. Changsha said: 'After Cui Hao inscribed his verse on the Yellow Crane Tower, did you ever inscribe one, scholar?' The scholar said: 'I have not inscribed one.' Changsha said: 'When you find leisure, it would be good to compose a piece.'" > The Master critiqued: "A sudden blade slashing across the face—who can discern it? An arrow split right at the chest—how many can take responsibility? If you can, where the blade passes through the rushing current and the wind blows past blazing flames, see Changsha laying down his body for the sake of beings, dispatched without even a squeeze. If, following words and explanations, one enters into entanglement, one would say he answered west when asked east, twisting and turning the topic. But what is Changsha's exact point? Do you understand thoroughly? The sword that kills people, the sword that brings people to life." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.17.34) - [Next: 17.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.17.36) - [Up: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.17) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997~en-mt.17.35) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.17.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.17.35) · Pramāṇa