萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.117
English (machine translation) 3.117
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3.117
"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.)
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