虛堂和尚語錄 8.19

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8.19

Ascending the hall: "Believing books completely, you do not know the absence of books; recognizing a character is not as good as forgetting the character. The Nine Classics and the various philosophers are in vain mere embellishment; the entire Great Canon of teachings is all medicinal prescriptions. Clearly collecting taxes according to the goods, what need is there to deliberate? A flat leaf of a boat carries the Great Tang."

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虛堂和尚語錄 — Classical Chinese