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# 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 2.38

萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 2.38

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.2.38)

挫來機（風行草偃）總權柄（符到奉行）事有必行之威（佛手遮不得）  
國有不犯之令（誰敢當頭）賓尚奉而主驕（下以風刺上）  
君忌諫而臣佞（上以風化下）底意巖頭問德山（雖然父子興師）  
一擡一捺看心行（未免干戈相待）

> Checking incoming dynamic, (Wind blowing, grass bending)  
> He commands full authority. (The tally arrives, carry it out!)  
> In affairs there is authority that must be enforced; (Even a buddha's hand cannot block it)  
> In the realm there are orders that must not be violated. (Who dares confront it head-on?)  
> The guest still honors while the host is arrogant; (Inferiors satirize superiors through wind)  
> The lord dreads remonstrance while the minister flatters. (Superiors transform inferiors through wind)  
> What was Yantou's intention in asking Deshan? (Though father and son raise an army,)  
> In one raising and one pressing down, observe the mental activity! (In the end they cannot avoid facing each other with weapons.)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004~en-mt.2.38) — English, machine translation

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