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# 宏智禪師廣錄 9.342

宏智禪師廣錄 9.342

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [9.342](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.9.342)

畫者不相出脫。轉見面皮醜惡。蜂採百華春不飢。  
兔飲長河夜不渴。無事而禪。待緣而作。  
一機一警誰與知。百發百中絃銜筈。

> The painter did not extricate him;  
> All the more one sees his facial skin is ugly and vile.  
> Bees gather from a hundred flowers, not hungry in spring;  
> The hare drinks from the long river, not thirsty at night.  
> Free of affairs, yet practicing Chan;  
> Awaiting conditions, yet acting.  
> With one dynamic and one alert, who knows it?  
> Hitting the mark every time, the string holds the arrow-nock.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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