[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) › 4.37 # 虛堂和尚語錄 4.37 虛堂和尚語錄 4.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.4.37) 計較拙於鳩，軒昂老而虎，聞　必意消，見者難覩， 到頭不識賓中主，黑漆竹篦劈面揮，師資誰謂無裨補。 > Scheming more clumsily than a dove, yet imposing in age like a tiger; / Hearing of him, intent is surely extinguished; those who see him find him hard to behold. / In the end, he knows not host from guest; / The black-lacquered bamboo spatula strikes straight across the face— / Between master and disciple, who says there is no help rendered? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.4.36) - [Next: 4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.4.38) - [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.4.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.4.37) · Pramāṇa