[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) › [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121) › 48.39 # 經律異相 48.39 經律異相 48.39 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [48.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.39) 此兒非我有　野父聚落母 共合生兒子　非烏復非鷄 若欲學公聲　復是鷄所生 若欲學母鳴　其父復是烏 學烏似鷄鳴　學鷄作烏聲 烏鷄若兼學　是二俱不成 > "This child does not belong to me alone: / A wild father, a village mother; / Mating together, they bore this child, / Neither a crow nor a chicken. / If it wishes to learn its father's voice, / Yet it was born of a hen; / If it wishes to learn its mother's cry, / Its father is yet a crow. / Learning to be a crow, it sounds like a hen's cry; / Learning to be a chicken, it makes a crow's call. / If it tries to learn both crow and chicken, / Neither of the two is achieved." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 48.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.38) - [Next: 48.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.40) - [Up: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.48.39) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.15.69) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.39) · Pramāṇa