[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) › [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123) › 15.69 # 諸經要集 15.69 諸經要集 15.69 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [15.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.15.69) 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 alone: > A wild father, a village mother, > Coming together, have borne a son > Who is neither a crow nor a chicken. > If he wishes to imitate his grandfather's voice, > He was nonetheless born of a chicken; > If he wishes to imitate his mother's call, > His father, on the other hand, is a crow. > Imitating a crow, he sounds like a chicken's cry; > Imitating a chicken, he makes a crow's call. > If he imitates both crow and chicken, > Both will come to nothing." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 15.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.15.68) - [Next: 15.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.15.70) - [Up: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.15) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.15.69) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.78.23) — 道世, Classical Chinese - [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.39) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.15.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.15.69) · Pramāṇa