[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) › 10.2 # 虛堂和尚語錄 10.2 虛堂和尚語錄 10.2 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.2) 師入淨慈陞座，問答罷，忽　天使踵門，傳奉聖旨，問：「趙州因甚八十行脚，虛堂因甚八十住山？」師乃就舉：「趙州行脚一日到臨濟，方濯足間，臨濟問：『如何是祖師西來意？』州云：『恰值老僧洗脚。』濟近前作聽勢，州云：『會則便會，咂噉作麼？』濟歸方丈，閉却門，州云：『老僧八十行脚，今日却被者驢子撲。』」輒成一頌，天使楊都知繳奏，龍顏大悅，特賜米五百碩，絹一百縑，開堂安眾，續以糧食闕典僧堂弊漏，敷奏伏蒙聖恩，撥賜水田，歲收租三十餘石，並免官稅，仍頒降楮券一十萬貫，重蓋僧堂。頌云： > When the Master entered Jingci and mounted the seat, after the dialogue had ended, suddenly an imperial commissioner arrived at the gate transmitting the imperial decree, asking: "Why did Zhaozhou undertake itinerant pilgrimage at eighty, and why did Xutang dwell on the mountain at eighty?" The Master then cited: "One day during his pilgrimage, Zhaozhou arrived at Linji. Just as he was washing his feet, Linji asked: 'What is the meaning of the Ancestral Teacher's coming from the West?' Zhaozhou said: 'It just coincides with this old monk washing his feet.' Linji stepped forward making a listening gesture. Zhaozhou said: 'If you understand, then understand right away; why savor and chew?' Linji returned to the abbot's quarters and shut the door. Zhaozhou said: 'This old monk has made an itinerant pilgrimage at eighty, and today I have been tackled by this donkey.'" He then composed a verse. The imperial commissioner, General Yang, reported it to the throne, and the imperial countenance was greatly pleased. He specially bestowed five hundred piculs of rice and one hundred bolts of silk to open the hall and settle the assembly. Subsequently, as provisions were lacking and the monks' hall was dilapidated and leaking, an imperial memorial was submitted. Humbly receiving imperial favor, wet paddies yielding an annual rent of over thirty piculs were allocated and granted, exempt from official taxes, and one hundred thousand strings of paper currency were also issued to rebuild the monks' hall. The verse said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.1) - [Next: 10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.3) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.10.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.10.2) · Pramāṇa