[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) › 9.12 # 虛堂和尚語錄 9.12 虛堂和尚語錄 9.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.12) 上堂：「鴉作鴉鳴，鵲作鵲噪，盡大地人，不知孔竅。忽有箇漢出來道：『大唐國裏有人在。』老僧不覺屈膝吐舌。何故？將謂無人。」 > He ascended the hall: "Crows make the cry of crows; magpies make the chatter of magpies. People across the whole earth do not know the apertures. If suddenly a fellow came forward and said, 'In the Great Tang empire there is someone,' this old monk would unconsciously bend his knees and stick out his tongue. Why? Because I thought there was no one." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.11) - [Next: 9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.13) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.9.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.12) · Pramāṇa