虛堂和尚語錄 9.80

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9.80

The next day, ascending the hall, he struck once with his staff and said, "Wearing a bamboo hat and carrying a bundle beyond the clouds, this time never ascending Longfeng again." He struck once more: "If on the road you suddenly bump into Senior Ding, and right to your face he greets you, how will you respond to him?" He struck once more: "No need to urge wine repeatedly; there will naturally be someone to dissolve sorrow." He struck once more.

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虛堂和尚語錄 — Classical Chinese