虛堂和尚語錄 6.383

6.383

翠微際北腕頭短，洞水逆流方到家，年老脚跟宜著襪，
不能隨處蹈泥沙。

At Cuiwei and Jibei, the wrist was too short; / Only when the Dong stream flowed upstream did he arrive home. / In old age, his heels ought to wear socks— / He cannot go treading through mud and sand everywhere.