[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) › 5.18 # 虛堂和尚語錄 5.18 虛堂和尚語錄 5.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.18) 石潤非玉，水麗非金，大禹決而西㴑，卞和泣而陸沈， 美兮渺兮，錯古礱今。 > Moist stone is not jade; / Beautiful water is not gold. / Yu the Great dredged and flowed westward; / Bian He wept as his jade was sunk in earth. / Splendid and vast, / Polishing past and present. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.17) - [Next: 5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.19) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.5.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.18) · Pramāṇa