虛堂和尚語錄 3.65

3.65

正旦上堂：「時遷物換，革故鼎新，土膏未動，商量打春，太公有意垂釣，夫子無心獲麟。」

Ascending the hall on New Year's Day: "Seasons shift and things change; discarding the old and establishing the new. The soil's fertility has not yet stirred; deliberating, we celebrate the onset of spring. Grand Duke [Wang] intentionally cast his fishing line; Confucius had no mind to capture the lin."