[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) › 2.147 # 虛堂和尚語錄 2.147 虛堂和尚語錄 2.147 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.147) 乃云：「師曠之聰，离婁之明，因甚有眼，終日不見鼻孔。下得一轉語，合得老僧，樹下塚間，許爾妄想；不然，老胡失望。」 > He then said, "Shi Kuang's hearing, Li Lou's eyesight—why is it that, having eyes, all day long they do not see their nostrils? If you can produce a turning phrase that accords with this old monk, beneath the trees and among the graves, I will allow your delusions; otherwise, the Old Barbarian has lost hope." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.146) - [Next: 2.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.148) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.2.147) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.147) · Pramāṇa