[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) › 2.22 # 虛堂和尚語錄 2.22 虛堂和尚語錄 2.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.22) 上堂，舉：「臺山路上有婆子，凡有僧問：『臺山路向甚麼處去？』婆云：『驀直去。』僧纔行，婆云：『好箇師僧，便與麼去。』趙州聞得云：『待我去勘者婆子。』州到如前問，婆亦如前答，州歸院云：『婆子被我勘破了也。』」師云：「者婆子向寸草不生處打箇陣子，趙州不施韜略，直欲破之，及乎交鋒之際，又却失利，道被我勘破了也，大似別人棺木扛歸屋裏哭。莫有為趙州作主底麼？」卓主丈：「勘過了，一道打。」 > Ascending the hall, he cited: "On the road to Mount Tai there was an old woman. Whenever a monk asked, 'Which way is the road to Mount Tai?' the old woman said, 'Go straight ahead.' As soon as the monk walked off, the woman said, 'A fine monk, off he goes like that!' Zhaozhou heard of this and said, 'Wait until I go and investigate that old woman.' When Zhaozhou arrived, he asked as before, and the woman answered as before. Zhaozhou returned to the monastery and said, 'I have thoroughly investigated that old woman.'" The Master said, "This old woman set up a battle array where not an inch of grass grows. Zhaozhou, deploying no military strategy, sought to smash it directly; yet when the blades crossed, he suffered a loss instead. To say, 'I have thoroughly investigated her' is very much like carrying someone else's coffin into one's own house to weep. Is there anyone who can take charge for Zhaozhou?" Striking his staff, he said, "Having investigated her, strike them all in one blow!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.21) - [Next: 2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.23) - [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.2.22) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [宏智禪師廣錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.24) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.22) · Pramāṇa