禅Qingyuan Xingsi

proverb

No Marvels at the Hermitage

Tang

Traditionally attributed

Text

There are no marvels at this hermitage. We sweep, we cook, we sit. If you wanted marvels, you should have gone to the city — they sell them cheap there, and they break before you reach home.

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Attribution

Lineage: Qingyuan line

By Qingyuan Xingsi

Sources

  • contentZen's Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings

    Andy Ferguson

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