[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) › 4.27 # 虛堂和尚語錄 4.27 虛堂和尚語錄 4.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.4.27) 不開罵人口，難以見其慈，不徵衲子病，難以表其師， 似之則殃門添禍，否之則鳳林吒之， 畫工筆熟不識伊，白髮𣯶𣯶箇是誰。咄！ > Without opening a mouth that scolds people, his compassion would be hard to see; / Without interrogating the patch-robed monks' sicknesses, his masterhood could not be shown. / Resembling him brings calamity to the gate; / Differing from him, Fenglin reproves him. / The painter's brush is practiced, yet knows not him; / White hair straggly—who is this? Du! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.4.26) - [Next: 4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.4.28) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.4.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.4.27) · Pramāṇa