[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) › [宏智禪師廣錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001) › 3.37 # 宏智禪師廣錄 3.37 宏智禪師廣錄 3.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.3.37) 舉僧問臨際。如何是吹毛劍。際云。禍事禍事。僧便禮拜。際便打。僧問巴陵。如何是吹毛劍。陵云。珊瑚枝枝撐著月。師云。殺人刀一毛不度活人劍一毫不傷。有意氣時添意氣。不風流處也風流。 > \[The Master\] cited: A monk asked Linji: “What is the hair-splitting sword?” Linji said: “Disaster! Disaster!” The monk bowed. Linji then struck him. A monk asked Baling: “What is the hair-splitting sword?” Baling said: “Branch after branch of coral props up the moon.” > The Master said: “The life-taking sword does not spare a single hair; the life-giving sword does not harm a single hair. When there is high spirit, it adds spirit; where there is no elegance, it is also elegant.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.3.36) - [Next: 3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.3.38) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001~en-mt.3.37) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [人天眼目](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2006.2.199) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.3.37) · Pramāṇa