63. Death (Book of Serenity)

Introduction

Sansheng and Xuefeng were spring orchids, autumn chrysanthemums; Zhaozhou and Touzi were the gem of Bian, the gold of Yan. On a markless balance, both sides are even; in a bottomless boat they cross in one place. When the two meet, what then?

Case

Zhaozhou asked Touzi, “When someone who has undergone the great death then returns to life, how is it?” The probing pole is in his hand.

Touzi said, “It is not permissible to go by night; it is necessary to arrive in daylight.” The shadowing grass is around him.

Verse

The seed castle, the eon rock—subtly exhausting the beginning. Consummating the present, then you can set up

The living eye in the ring illumines vast emptiness. Coming back to life after annihilation, you can’t be fooled.

Can’t go by night; arrive by the dawn’s light. Already on the way.

News of the family couldn’t be entrusted to goose and fish. This is already wrongly transmitting the message.

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