[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) › 7.55 # 虛堂和尚語錄 7.55 English (machine translation) 7.55 - **Language:** English ### [7.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.7.55) All things are of themselves complete jade discs; / How could Master Zhuang make them equal? / The moon is high, pine shadows are slender; / The wind is swift, wild goose ranks fly low. / Who can capture this in vermilion and blue pigments? / Difficult to record it on bamboo and silk. / Hanshan must surely laugh at me: / Hand in hand, separated as cloud and mud. - [Previous: 7.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.7.54) - [Next: 7.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.7.56) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.7) ## Linked texts (1) - [虛堂和尚語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.7.55) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.7.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.7.55) · Pramāṇa