[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) › [續傳燈錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077) › 22.23 # 續傳燈錄 22.23 續傳燈錄 22.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [22.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.22.23) 秘書吳恂居士字德夫。居晦堂入室次。堂謂曰。平生學解記憶多聞即不問。爾父母未生已前道將一句來。公擬議。堂以拂子擊之。即領深旨。連呈三偈。其後曰。咄這多知俗漢。齩盡古今公案。忽於狼藉堆頭。拾得蜣蜋糞彈。明明不直分文。萬兩黃金不換。等閑拈出示人。秖為走盤難看。咦。堂答曰。水中得火世還稀。看著令人特地疑。自古不存師弟子。如今却許老胡知。 > Upāsaka Wu Xun, Palace Library Assistant, styled Defu, was in Huitang's room. Huitang said to him: 'I do not ask about your lifelong learned understanding, memory, and erudition. Speak a phrase from before your parents were born!' The gentleman hesitated; Huitang struck him with his whisk. He immediately grasped the profound purport, and presented three verses in succession. The last of them said: 'Bah, this layman of much knowledge! / Having chewed through ancient and modern gong'ans, / suddenly in a heap of clutter / he picks up a dung beetle's dung ball. / Clearly it is not worth a single cent, / yet ten thousand ounces of gold cannot buy it. / Casually bringing it out to show people, / only because it rolls about the tray, it is difficult to look upon! / Bah!' Huitang replied: 'Finding fire in water is rare in the world; / looking upon it makes one especially doubtful. / Since ancient times teacher and disciple were not preserved; / now we permit the old barbarian to know.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 22.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.22.22) - [Next: 22.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.22.24) - [Up: 22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.22) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077~en-mt.22.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.22.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.22.23) · Pramāṇa