[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) › 3.63 # 虛堂和尚語錄 3.63 虛堂和尚語錄 3.63 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.63) 除夜小參：「舊去新來懶送迎，巖間塚下見枯形，忍成殘臘半宵夢，坐對寒檠兩歲燈。恁麼告報，已落今時；不涉功勳，如何舉似？老僧今夜忍俊不禁，向爆竹未鳴已前，與諸人開一條活路子，也教諸人知道來日定是大年朝；其或未然，西河弄獅子。」 > At the informal gathering on New Year's Eve: "As the old departs and the new arrives, I am too lazy to send off or welcome. Among crags and beneath tombs, withered forms are seen. Resigned, the end of the twelfth month becomes a half-night's dream; seated facing the cold lampstand, a lamp of two years. To announce it like this has already fallen into the present moment; without touching upon meritorious deeds, how could it be brought forward? Tonight this old monk cannot hold back his feelings: before the firecrackers sound, I will open an active path for you all, and also let you know that tomorrow will surely be New Year's Day. If perhaps it is not so, the lion is made to dance in Xihe." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.62) - [Next: 3.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.64) - [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.3.63) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.63) · Pramāṇa