[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) › 78.23 # 法苑珠林 78.23 法苑珠林 78.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [78.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.78.23) 此兒非我有　野父聚落母 共合生兒子　非烏復非雞 若欲學翁聲　復是雞所生 若欲學母鳴　其父復是烏 學烏似雞鳴　學雞作烏聲 烏雞若兼學　是二俱不成 > "This child is not mine; / a father of the wilds, a mother of the village. / Coming together they produced a child / that is neither crow nor chicken. / If it wishes to imitate its father's cry, / it was nonetheless born of a chicken; / if it wishes to imitate its mother's call, / its father was nonetheless a crow. / Imitating the crow, it sounds like a chicken; / imitating the chicken, it makes the sound of a crow. / If it tries to learn both crow and chicken, / neither of the two can be accomplished." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 78.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.78.22) - [Next: 78.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.78.24) - [Up: 78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.78) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.78.23) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [摩訶僧祇律](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.other-vinayas.mahasamghika*zh-buddhabhadra.24.58) — Classical Chinese - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.15.69) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.78.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.78.23) · Pramāṇa