[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 51.61 # 法苑珠林 51.61 法苑珠林 51.61 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [51.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.51.61) 此兒非我有　野父聚落母 共合生一子　非烏復非雞 若欲學翁聲　復是鷄母生 若欲學母鳴　其父復是烏 學烏似鷄鳴　學鷄作烏聲 烏鷄二兼學　是二俱不成 > ‘This child is not of my kind: > A wild father and a village mother > Came together and bore a child, > Neither a crow nor a chicken. > If it wishes to learn its grandfather’s sound, > It was nevertheless born of a chicken mother; > If it wishes to learn its mother’s call, > Its father was nevertheless a crow. > Learning to be a crow, it sounds like a chicken; > Learning to be a chicken, it makes the sound of a crow. > Learning both the crow and the chicken, > It accomplishes neither.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 51.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.51.60) - [Next: 51.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.51.62) - [Up: 51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.51) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.51.61) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.51.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.51.61) · Pramāṇa