[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) › [廣弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103) › 27.140 # 廣弘明集 27.140 廣弘明集 27.140 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [27.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.27.140) 冥津殊復曉。高聽亦能卑。陰牆雖兩密幽。夜有四知。炎山翻烈火。氷㵎匝寒澌。羅城振雲幕。鋒樹欝霜枝。茹荼非云苦。集木豈稱危求仁曾已得。長歎欲何為。 > The dark ford is exceedingly far from dawn, / Yet lofty hearings can reach to the low. / Though the shaded walls are closely sealed on both sides, / In the dark night there are the 'four knowings'. / Blazing mountains overturn fierce fires; / Icy ravines are encompassed by cold floes. / The encircling walls shake the cloud-canopies; / Pointed sword-trees are dense with frosty branches. / Eating bitter sow-thistle is not called suffering; / Roosting on a precarious tree, how can it be called danger? / Seeking humaneness was once achieved— / What purpose is there in prolonged sighing? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 27.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.27.139) - [Next: 27.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.27.141) - [Up: 27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.27) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.27.140) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.27.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.27.140) · Pramāṇa