[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) › [萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004) › 3.117 # 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.117 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.117 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.117) 水不洗水（絕點澄清）金不博金（鍊做一塊）昧毛色而得馬（不得相取） 靡絲絃而樂琴（非可聲求）結繩畫卦有許事（法出姦生） 喪盡真淳盤古心（弄巧成拙） > "Water does not wash water—(Utterly spotless and clear.) > Gold is not traded for gold.(Refined into a single mass.) > Overlooking coat and color, he obtained the horse;(One cannot take it by appearances.) > Without silk strings, he took joy in the zither.(It cannot be sought through sound.) > Knotted cords and drawn hexagrams—so many contrivances!(When laws appear, knavery arises.) > Have utterly destroyed the pure simplicity of Pangu's mind."(Attempting to be clever, he made a blunder.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.116) - [Next: 3.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.118) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004~en-mt.3.117) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.117) · Pramāṇa