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# 無門關 1.70

無門關 1.70

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [1.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2005.1.70)

無門曰。只許老胡知。不許老胡會。凡夫若知即是聖人。聖人若會即是凡夫。

> Wumen said: "I only allow that the old barbarian knows it; I do not allow that the old barbarian understands it. If an ordinary person knows it, they are a sage; if a sage understands it, they are an ordinary person."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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