密菴和尚語錄 1.280

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父母未生時，文章在何許？及乎跳出來，光明照寰宇。傍觀眼難瞞，收錄奏明主，一覽贊希奇，揚晏堪為伍。賜笏與綠袍，以顯其宗祖，人生天地間，休將年紀數，縱饒生百歲，無聞亦何補？偉哉英特大丈夫，君臣嘉會今合符，行看赤手扶宗社，大千揑聚一蘧廬。

Before father and mother were born,
where was literature?
When he sprang forth,
his brilliance illuminated the realm.
Bystanders' eyes are hard to deceive;
he was recorded and memorialized to the enlightened ruler,
who with a single glance praised him as extraordinary,
worthy to stand alongside Yang and Yan.
Bestowing the tablet and green robe,
to bring renown to his ancestors.
Living between heaven and earth,
do not count by years:
even if one lives to a hundred,
if unheard of, what benefit is it?
How grand, the eminent and heroic gentleman!
The auspicious meeting of ruler and minister now tallies.
Soon you will see him with bare hands support the dynastic altars,
and gather the chiliocosm into a single humble inn.