[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) › 6.346 # 虛堂和尚語錄 6.346 虛堂和尚語錄 6.346 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.346](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6.346) 金石絲竹，難以類乎聲，碧雲清風，難以同其調， 玉光幽潔，花信融通，妙在有無外，豈墮空假中， 張生伏筆，何處形容，此是適庵老子之常準， 肯與能詩能畫者同，藉藉流芳靈苑寺， 眇然千古仰高蹤。 > Metal, stone, strings, and bamboo can hardly resemble his sound; / azure clouds and clear breezes can hardly match his tune. / Jade-like luster, secluded and pure; flower-tidings thoroughly interfused. / Its wonder lies beyond being and non-being; how could it fall into emptiness or the provisional? / Zhang Sengyao lowered his brush, but where could he depict it? / This was the constant measure of Old Man Shi'an. / Would he be willing to be classed with those who can write poetry or paint? / Widely renowned, his fragrant name spreads at Lingyuan Monastery; / far into a thousand ages, people revere his lofty footsteps. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.345](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6.345) - [Next: 6.347](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6.347) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.6.346) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6.346](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.6.346) · Pramāṇa