虛堂和尚語錄 3.60

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3.60

He brought up again: "An ancient worthy, because a monk asked, 'What is the affair of winter's coming?', said, 'The capital produces rhubarb.'" The Master said: "I have heard that in high antiquity, customs were simple and unadorned; the king's words were like silk, so who dared disobey? If someone suddenly asks Mountain Mao, I would just say to him: 'Braving the wind and resisting the waves at the Fengmen sea mouth—one must indeed be such a person to pull it off.'"

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