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# 虛堂和尚語錄 7.210

虛堂和尚語錄 7.210

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [7.210](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.210)

千年苔樹不成春，誰信幽香似玉魂，霽雪滿林無月曬，  
點燈吹角做黃昏。

> A thousand-year mossy tree does not make a spring;  
> Who would believe its hidden fragrance is like a jade soul?  
> Cleared snow fills the forest without moon to shine on it;  
> Lighting a lamp and blowing a horn brings on dusk.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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