[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) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt) › 2.23 # 虛堂和尚語錄 2.23 English (machine translation) 2.23 - **Language:** English ### [2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.2.23) Ascending the hall: "Salt flavor in water, glue and green pigment in color—the ancestral masters only recognized a likeness; how does that differ from the man of Chu taking a chicken for a phoenix? In my place, even if you have three heads and six arms and exhaust your dynamic functioning as it comes, you will still have nowhere to gain a footing. Why? I am accustomed to using a three-foot beak to revile and overthrow the monks of the five lakes." - [Previous: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.2.22) - [Next: 2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.2.24) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.2) ## Linked texts (1) - [虛堂和尚語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.2.23) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.2.23) · Pramāṇa