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# 宏智禪師廣錄 9.117

宏智禪師廣錄 9.117

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [9.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.9.117)

老態垂垂。歲月浸欺。半頭生白髮。瘦骨裹黃皮。  
情閑用而活。句妙默而知。河闊斗寒雲靜夜。  
天無四壁風披披。

> Old age droops heavily; / months and years gradually cheat. / Half the head grows white hair; / skinny bones wrapped in yellow skin. / Feelings are at ease in functioning, thus vivid; / the phrase is subtle, known through silence. / The river is vast, the Dipper cold, clouds quiet at night; / Heaven has no four walls, wind blowing freely.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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