[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) › 8.37 # 虛堂和尚語錄 8.37 虛堂和尚語錄 8.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.37) 上堂，僧問：「德山托鉢歸方丈，意旨如何？」師云：「貴買賤賣。」僧云：「巖頭道：『者老漢未會末後句在。』又且如何？」師云：「鬧市裏打靜槌。」僧云：「德山問巖頭：『汝不肯老僧那？』頭密啟其意，又作麼生？」師云：「鬼搗穀，佛跳牆。」僧云：「德山次日陞堂，果與尋常不同，頭撫掌大笑道：『且喜老漢會末後句。』又作麼生？」師云：「刀瘡易沒，惡語難消。」僧云：「作麼生是末後句？」師云：「爾勘辨巖頭？勘辨老僧？」僧云：「義烏紙貴，一狀領過。」師云：「怪力亂神。」 > Ascending the hall, a monk asked: "Deshan carried his bowl and returned to the abbot's quarters; what was the meaning?" The master said: "Buying high and selling low." The monk said: "Yantou said, 'That old fellow has not yet understood the last word.' What about that?" The master said: "Striking the gavel for silence in a noisy market." The monk said: "Deshan asked Yantou, 'Do you not approve of this old monk?' Yantou secretly disclosed his meaning; what about that?" The master said: "Ghosts pound grain; the Buddha leaps over the wall." The monk said: "The next day Deshan ascended the hall, and it was indeed unlike ordinary times. Yantou clapped his hands and laughed loudly, saying, 'How wonderful that the old fellow understands the last word!' What about that?" The master said: "A sword wound is easily healed; harsh words are hard to dispel." The monk said: "What is the last word?" The master said: "Are you examining Yantou, or examining this old monk?" The monk said: "Paper is dear in Yiwu; having accepted the verdict, I withdraw." The master said: "Bizarre power and chaotic spirits." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.36) - [Next: 8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.38) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.8.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.37) · Pramāṇa