[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) › [緇門警訓](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023) › 7.24 # 緇門警訓 7.24 緇門警訓 7.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.7.24) 南陽忠國師。三詔竟不赴。遂使唐肅宗。愈重於佛祖。然我望南陽。雲泥雖異路。回首思古人。媿汗下如雨。如何汾陽侯。視我如泥土。戲以玉峯寺。出帖請權住。豈可為一身。法門同受污。萬古長江水。惡名洗不去。謹謹納公帖。觀使自收取。放我如猿鳥。雲山樂幽趣。他年無以報。朝夕香一炷。 > National Preceptor Zhong of Nanyang / Did not heed three imperial summons, / Causing Emperor Suzong of the Tang / To revere the Buddhas and Patriarchs even more. / Yet as I look up toward Nanyang, / Though clouds and mud follow different paths, / When I turn my head and think of the ancients, / Sweat of shame pours down like rain. / Why does the Lord of Fenyang / Look upon me as dirt, / Playfully issuing an official notice / Asking me to take provisional charge of Yufeng Temple? / How could I, for the sake of one body, / Allow the Dharma-gate to suffer defilement? / Through ten thousand ages the water of the Long River / Cannot wash away an evil name. / Respectfully I return the official notice, / Let the Commissioner take it back himself. / Release me like an ape or a bird / To enjoy the quiet charm of the cloudy mountains; / In future years I will have nothing with which to repay you, / But a single stick of incense morning and evening. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.7.23) - [Next: 7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.7.25) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023~en-mt.7.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.7.24) · Pramāṇa