[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) › 5.59 # 虛堂和尚語錄 5.59 虛堂和尚語錄 5.59 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.59) 忠國師問紫璘供奉：「甚處來？」奉云：「城南來。」師云：「城南草作何色？」奉云：「作黃色。」師乃問童子：「城南草作何色？」童子云：「作黃色。」師云：「只者童子亦可簾前賜紫對御談玄。」 > National Teacher Huizhong asked Attendant of the Interior Zilin, "Where do you come from?" The attendant said, "I come from south of the city." The Master said, "What color are the grasses south of the city?" The attendant said, "They are yellow." The Master then asked a youth, "What color are the grasses south of the city?" The youth said, "They are yellow." The Master said, "Even this youth may be bestowed purple robes before the curtain and discourse on the mystery before the emperor." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.58) - [Next: 5.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.60) - [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.5.59) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.59) · Pramāṇa