[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) › 4.78 # 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 4.78 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 4.78 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.4.78) 舉。僧問九峯。如何是頭（高超威音之前）峯云。開眼不覺曉（明不越戶）僧云。如何是尾（獨步劫空之後）峯云。不坐萬年床（穴不棲巢）僧云。有頭無尾時如何（先行不到）峯云。終是不貴（奴見婢殷勤）僧云。有尾無頭時如何（末後大過）峯云。雖飽無力（有甚麼用處）僧云。直得頭尾相稱時如何（君臣道合上下和同）峯云。兒孫得力室內不知（各安其分）。 > Case: A monk asked Jiufeng, 'What is the head?' (Loftily surpassing before the King of Awesome Voice.) > Feng said, 'Opening the eyes without realizing it is dawn.' (Light does not cross the threshold.) > The monk said, 'What is the tail?' (Walking alone after the kalpa of emptiness.) > Feng said, 'Not sitting on the ten-thousand-year bench.' (The hole does not nest.) > The monk said, 'What about when there is a head but no tail?' (First going, not arriving.) > Feng said, 'In the end, it is not noble.' (The male servant attends diligently upon the maidservant.) > The monk said, 'What about when there is a tail but no head?' (An enormous fault at the end.) > Feng said, 'Though full, without strength.' (What use is there?) > The monk said, 'What about when head and tail correspond exactly?' (Ruler and minister match their ways; superiors and inferiors harmonize.) > Feng said, 'Children and grandchildren have strength, unknown within the room.' (Each settles in their own lot.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.4.77) - [Next: 4.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.4.79) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004~en-mt.4.78) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.4.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.4.78) · Pramāṇa