[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) › 8.40 # 續傳燈錄 8.40 續傳燈錄 8.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.8.40) 興化軍西臺其辯禪師上堂。舉臨濟無位真人語。乃召大眾曰。臨濟老漢尋常一條脊梁硬似鐵。及乎到這裏。大似日中迷路眼見空花。直饒道無位真人是乾屎橛。正是泥龜曳尾。其僧秖知季夏極熱不知仲冬嚴寒。若據當時合著得甚麼語塞斷天下人舌頭。西臺秖恁麼休去。又乃眼不見為淨。不免出一隻手狼籍去也。臨濟一擔西臺一堆。一擔一堆分付阿誰。從教撒向諸方去。笑殺當年老古錐。 > Chan Master Qibian of Xitai in Xinghua Commandery ascended the hall. He cited Linji's words on the 'person of no rank', and then addressed the great assembly, saying: "That old fellow Linji usually had a backbone as stiff as iron. But when he came to this point, he was much like one losing his way at high noon, seeing phantom flowers in the sky. Even if one says the true person of no rank is a dried shit-scraper, that is truly a mud turtle dragging its tail. That monk only knew the extreme heat of late summer, but did not know the bitter cold of midwinter. According to that moment, what words should have been spoken to stop up the tongues of everyone under heaven? If Xitai were to just let it drop like that, it would simply be 'what the eyes do not see is clean.' I cannot avoid lending a hand and making a mess of it: Linji's one shoulder-load, Xitai's one heap; one shoulder-load and one heap, to whom are they entrusted? Let them be scattered to all directions, laughing to death that old awl of former days!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.8.39) - [Next: 8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.8.41) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077~en-mt.8.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.8.40) · Pramāṇa