[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) › 8.70 # 虛堂和尚語錄 8.70 虛堂和尚語錄 8.70 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.70) 中夏上堂，卓主丈：「贊底沙翹足七日，尚自不知；四祖大師，六十年脇不著席，何曾會去？見前龍象，前四十五日既已放過，後四十五日又作麼生？忽有箇眼皮綻底出來道：『乞師賞勞。』只向他道：『三貫襯錢三味食，相招携手上高臺。』」 > Ascending the hall at mid-summer, striking his staff: "Standing on one foot for seven days, Zan-di-sha still did not know it himself; the Great Master, the Fourth Patriarch, for sixty years his ribs did not touch the mat—how did he ever understand? All of you dragons and elephants before me: the first forty-five days have already been let pass, what about the latter forty-five days? If suddenly someone with burst eyelids comes forward and says, 'I request the Master to reward my labour,' I would only say to him: 'With three strings of donation money and three flavours of food, / We invite each other, taking hands to climb the high tower.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.69) - [Next: 8.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.71) - [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.8.70) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.8.70) · Pramāṇa