虛堂和尚語錄 7.142

7.142

面壁風規久寂寥，兒孫旋旋立新條，不知斷臂緣何事，
血灑空庭雪未消。

The style of facing the wall has long been desolate;
Descendants step by step set up new rules.
Not knowing for what matter the arm was severed,
Blood splattered in the empty courtyard before the snow had melted.