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# 虛堂和尚語錄 7.41

虛堂和尚語錄 7.41

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [7.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.41)

堂上新生虎面狸，千金許我不應移，家寒故是無偷鼠，  
要見翻身上樹時。

> Newly born in the hall, a tiger-faced wildcat; / Promised to me for a thousand pieces of gold, it should not be altered. / The house is poor, so indeed there are no thieving mice; / I just want to see it flip over and climb a tree.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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