[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) › 9.81 # 虛堂和尚語錄 9.81 虛堂和尚語錄 9.81 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.81) 謝都寺、維那、藏主、知客、侍者，上堂：「挾紙衾、歷重任，慈明其責得人；罰饡飯、復游山，興化求賢大急。主賓相見，未舉先知，只如趙州繞禪床，又作麼生？」卓主丈：「莫笑國師門戶冷，老來無力為三呼。」 > Thanking the prior, rector, keeper of the canon, guest master, and attendants, he ascended the hall: "Embracing a paper blanket and undertaking heavy responsibilities, Ciming found the right man for the duty; fined a meal and sent back to wander the mountains, Xinghua was in desperate haste to find worthy talent. When host and guest meet, they know before anything is raised; but what about Zhaozhou circling the meditation couch?" He struck with his staff: "Do not mock the National Teacher's household as cold and desolate; / in old age, he lacked the strength to call out thrice." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.80) - [Next: 9.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.82) - [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.9.81) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.81) · Pramāṇa