[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) › [虛堂和尚語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000) › 1.66 # 虛堂和尚語錄 1.66 虛堂和尚語錄 1.66 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.66) 上堂，舉：「黃昏脫襪打睡，晨朝起來旋繫行纏，夜來風吹籬倒，知事普請，奴子劈篾縛起。」師云：「諸方盡謂舜老夫坐在無事甲裏，那知三冬枯木花，九夏寒巖雪。」 > Ascending the hall, he cited: "'At dusk I take off my socks and sleep; at dawn I rise and casually tie on my leggings. During the night, the wind blew the fence down; the administrator calls a general labor, and the servants split bamboo strips to bind it up.'" The Master said, "All quarters say that old man Shun sits within the armor of doing nothing; how could they know the flowers of a withered tree in the three winter months, or the snow on a cold cliff in the nine periods of summer?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.65) - [Next: 1.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.67) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.1.66) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.1.66) · Pramāṇa