[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) › [大明高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062) › 6.20 # 大明高僧傳 6.20 大明高僧傳 6.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.6.20) 系曰。觀回師資生之業既傭且拙。學佛之志既銳且勤。始而迷則眸子如盲。後而悟則通身是眼。至于說偈談禪大有超今逸古之風。得非能者復起耶。苟使其居讀五車出窮三藏。又烏有一鎚而火光迸出之象哉。大凡天下治愈隆亂愈起。學固博執益封。古人斥為雜毒入心。良有以也。於戲世之錦心繡口之士文龍義虎之僧。能為昌黎子之虛心周金剛之自返。胡慮油不出麵道不我親哉。所以追風逐日者非駑駘之足。訶佛罵祖者豈鄙陋之夫。或膠錮於見知枳梏其比量。又莫若頑璞之易琢也。 > The appraisal says: Observing Master Hui, his livelihood was both menial and clumsy, yet his aspiration to study the Buddha was both sharp and diligent. In the beginning, when deluded, his pupils were as if blind; later, when awakened, his entire body was an eye. As for uttering gāthās and discussing Chan, he greatly possessed the style of transcending the present and surpassing antiquity; could it not be \[the Master of\] Neng rising again? If he had been made to read five cartloads of books at home and thoroughly investigate the Tripiṭaka abroad, how could there have been the phenomenon of sparks bursting forth from a single hammer strike? Generally, the more the world is governed, the more chaos arises; the more learning is vast, the more attachments become entrenched. The ancients denounced it as 'mixed poison entering the mind,' truly with good reason. Alas! The men of splendid minds and embroidered mouths, the monks like literary dragons and doctrinal tigers in the world: if they could be open-minded like Changli and reflect upon themselves like Zhou Diamond, why worry that oil would not come out of the flour, or that the Way would not draw near to oneself? Therefore, those that chase the wind and pursue the sun are not the legs of worn-out nags; how could those who scold the Buddhas and curse the patriarchs be crude and lowly fellows? Those stuck in views and knowledge, or constrained by their inferential cognition, are not even as good as an unpolished rough jade that is easy to carve. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.6.19) - [Next: 6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.6.21) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062~en-mt.6.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.6.20) · Pramāṇa