[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) › 7.312 # 虛堂和尚語錄 7.312 虛堂和尚語錄 7.312 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.312](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.312) 入石入木知分數，古篆今篆攻豈難，秪因雕巧失真體， 不見全文在世間。 > Entering stone and entering wood, he knows the proportions; / Ancient seal script or modern seal script—how could working them be hard? / Only because carved artifice loses the true substance, / The complete text is not seen in the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.311](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.311) - [Next: 7.313](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.313) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.7.312) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.312](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.312) · Pramāṇa