<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.258 -->

[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) › 4.258

# 宏智禪師廣錄 4.258

宏智禪師廣錄 4.258

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [4.258](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.258)

示眾舉鏡清問曹山。清虛之理。畢竟無身時如何。山云。理即如是。事又作麼生。師云。智不到處。宛轉窮通。清云。如理如事。師云。麁中之細。細中之麁。山云。謾曹山一人即得。爭奈諸聖眼何。師云。真不掩偽。曲不藏直。清云。若無諸聖眼。爭知不恁麼。師云。知過而改。知非而回。山云。官不容針。私通車馬。師云。騎牛戴帽著鞋衫。解行不觸今時路。

> Instructing the assembly, he brought up: Jingqing asked Caoshan: "How is it when the principle of pure emptiness ultimately has no body?"  
> Caoshan said: "Principle is just like this; what about phenomena?"  
> The Master said: "Where wisdom does not reach, winding through extremity and penetration."  
> Jingqing said: "Accord with principle and accord with phenomena."  
> The Master said: "The subtle within the coarse; the coarse within the subtle."  
> Caoshan said: "Deceiving Caoshan alone is fine, but what can you do about the eyes of all the sages?"  
> The Master said: "The true does not conceal the false; the crooked does not hide the straight."  
> Jingqing said: "If not for the eyes of all the sages, how could one know it is not so?"  
> The Master said: "Knowing error, one corrects it; knowing wrong, one turns back."  
> Caoshan said: "Officially, not even a needle can pass; privately, carts and horses can go through."  
> The Master said: "Riding an ox, wearing a hat, putting on shoes and robe; understanding how to walk without touching the road of the present time."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

- [Previous: 4.257](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.257)
- [Next: 4.259](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.259)
- [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001~en-mt.4.258) — English, machine translation

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.258](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.258) · Pramāṇa
