[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) › [大慧普覺禪師宗門武庫](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998b) › 1.107 # 大慧普覺禪師宗門武庫 1.107 大慧普覺禪師宗門武庫 1.107 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998b.1.107) 五祖和尚一日云：「我這裏禪似箇什麼？如人家會作賊，有一兒子一日云：『我爺老後，我却如何養家？須學箇事業始得。』遂白其爺，爺云：『好得。』一夜引至巨室，穿窬入宅開櫃，乃教兒子入其中取衣帛。兒纔入櫃，爺便閉却復鎖了，故於聽上扣打，令其家驚覺，乃先尋穿窬而去。其家人即時起來，點火燭之知有賊，但已去了。其賊兒在櫃中私自語曰：『我爺何故如此？』正悶悶中，却得一計作鼠咬聲，其家遣使婢點燈開櫃，櫃纔開，賊兒聳身吹滅燈、推倒婢走出。其家人趕至中路，賊兒忽見一井，乃推巨石投井中，其人却於井中覓，賊兒直走歸家問爺，爺云：『爾休說，爾怎生得出？』兒具說上件意，爺云：『爾麼儘做得。』」 > One day Master Wuzu said: 'What is our Chan here like? It is like a family skilled at being thieves. One day the son said: "After my father grows old, how will I support the family? I must learn a trade to make a living." He then spoke to his father, and the father said: "Very good." One night he led him to a wealthy house, dug through the wall to enter the residence, and opened a chest, instructing the son to climb inside to take the clothes and silks. As soon as the son entered the chest, the father shut it, locked it again, and deliberately knocked and made noise in the hallway to startle the household, then escaped back through the hole first. The family immediately got up, lit torches, and saw there was a thief, but he had already gone. The thief's son, inside the chest, said to himself: "Why would my father do this to me?" While feeling distressed, he devised a plan and made the sound of a rat gnawing. The family sent a maidservant with a lamp to open the chest. As soon as the chest opened, the thief's son sprang up, blew out the lamp, knocked the maidservant down, and ran out. The family pursued him halfway along the road. The thief's son suddenly saw a well; he pushed a giant stone into the well, and the pursuers searched in the well instead. The thief's son ran straight home and asked his father. The father said: "Say no more—how did you get out?" The son explained the details of what had happened. The father said: "If you can do that, you are fully capable."' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998b.1.106) - [Next: 1.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998b.1.108) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998b.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998b~en-mt.1.107) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998b.1.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998b.1.107) · Pramāṇa