[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) › 4.97 # 宏智禪師廣錄 4.97 宏智禪師廣錄 4.97 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.97) 上堂舉僧問石霜。如何是和尚深深處。霜云。無鬚鎖子兩頭搖。師云。先行不到末後太過。一著中間見也麼。纔形黑白分生殺。帶累樵人爛斧柯。 > Ascending the hall, \[the Master\] cited: A monk asked Shishuang, "What is the Venerable's deepest place?" Shuang said, "A key without a beard shaking at both ends." The Master said: The first to go does not reach it; the last goes too far. Do you see right in the middle of a single move? As soon as black and white take shape and determine life and death, they implicate the woodcutter whose axe handle rots away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.96) - [Next: 4.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.98) - [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.4.97) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.97) · Pramāṇa