[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) › [大慧普覺禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a) › 8.24 # 大慧普覺禪師語錄 8.24 大慧普覺禪師語錄 8.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.8.24) 示眾，舉：「僧問趙州：『四山相逼時如何？』州云：『無路是趙州。』」師云：「無路是趙州，老將足機籌，關南并塞北，當下一時收。」 > Instructing the assembly, he cited: "A monk asked Zhaozhou, 'When the four mountains close in, what then?' Zhaozhou said, 'No way out is Zhaozhou.'" The Master said: / "'No way out is Zhaozhou'— / The veteran general has ample stratagems. / South of the passes and north of the border, / In an instant, all are gathered at once." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.8.23) - [Next: 8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.8.25) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a~en-mt.8.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.8.24) · Pramāṇa