[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) › [無門關](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2005) › 1.239 # 無門關 1.239 無門關 1.239 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2005.1.239) 首山和尚。拈竹篦示眾云。汝等諸人若喚作竹篦則觸。不喚作竹篦則背。汝諸人且道。喚作甚麼。 > Master Shoushan held up a bamboo stick and showed it to the assembly, saying, "If you people call it a bamboo stick, you hit against it; if you do not call it a bamboo stick, you turn your back on it. Tell me, you people, what do you call it?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2005.1.238) - [Next: 1.240](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2005.1.240) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2005.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2005~en-mt.1.239) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2005.1.239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2005.1.239) · Pramāṇa