[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) › 3.23 # 虛堂和尚語錄 3.23 虛堂和尚語錄 3.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.23) 復舉：「陳操尚書，一日同眾官登樓，遙見數僧，中間一士云：『來者總是行脚僧？』尚書云：『不是。』士云：『焉得知其不是？』尚書云：『待近與諸公勘過。』須臾僧至，尚書召云：『上座。』僧悉舉首，尚書云：『不信道。』」師云：「盡謂清明之下，昧者尤多。殊不知，壺中天地，別有日月。山僧此者來赴育王，首見帥府節齋陳侍郎，一問一答，和氣滿前，要且無許多勘辨。且道，與陳操尚書相去多少？」卓主丈杖：「情閑巖樹看愈好，室靜磵泉聞轉幽。」 > He brought up \[the case\]: "One day, Minister Chen Cao climbed a tower with various officials. Seeing several monks in the distance, a scholar among them said: 'Are those approaching all itinerant monks?' The Minister said: 'They are not.' The scholar said: 'How do you know they are not?' The Minister said: 'Wait until they are near, and I will test them for you gentlemen.' In a moment the monks arrived. The Minister called out: 'Venerables!' The monks all raised their heads. The Minister said: 'Didn't I tell you?'" The master said: "Everyone says that beneath clarity and brilliance, the confused are especially numerous. Little do they know that in the world inside the gourd, there are separate suns and moons. My coming to Yuwang on this occasion was first to see Vice Minister Chen of the Defense Command. In our questions and answers, harmonious energy filled the space before us; basically there was no such testing. Tell me: how far is that from Minister Chen Cao?" Striking his staff, he said: "'With leisure of mind, cliff trees look all the fairer; / In a quiet room, ravine springs sound ever more serene.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.22) - [Next: 3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.24) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.3.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.23) · Pramāṇa