[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) › 8.4 # 虛堂和尚語錄 8.4 虛堂和尚語錄 8.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.4) 興聖道場，孝宗流虹去處，靈隱首座，丞相劄命請來，喜聯牆竹之陰，敢後縣花之疏。伏惟新命長老虛堂禪師，胸襟丘壑、足跡江湖，笑翁面裏常有刀，豈容藏鋒歛鍔；別浦船上肯攬載，必不帶水拕泥。若教把戲當場，管取光前絕後，願從眾請，速惠一來。解帶送元公，雖自笑箭鋒之鈍；沽酒引陶令，詎敢辭蓮社之盟。 > "The Xingsheng place of the Way, the site where Xiaozong was born; the head monk of Lingyin, invited by the Prime Minister's official missive. Delighted by the contiguous shade of wall and bamboo, how would we dare delay the county's floral dispatch? We respectfully consider that the newly appointed elder, Chan Master Xutang, has hills and valleys in his breast, his footprints spanning rivers and lakes. In Old Xiao's face there was always a blade; how could he allow concealing the point or retracting the edge? Willing to take on freight in the boat at the alternate inlet, he certainly will not drag through water or trail through mud. If he is made to stage his performance on this spot, it will surely be unprecedented and unrepeatable. We pray he will yield to the congregation's request, quickly bestowing a visit. Loosening our belt to see Master Yuan off, though we laugh at the bluntness of our arrow's point; buying wine to lead Magistrate Tao along, how would we dare decline the covenant of the Lotus Society?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.3) - [Next: 8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.5) - [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.8.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.4) · Pramāṇa