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title: "五燈會元 · 潭州道吾山宗智禪師"
description: "五燈會元由宋代高僧普濟編撰，成書於南宋淳祐年間，是中國禪宗重要典籍之一。該書彙編了禪宗五家七宗的傳法譜系與公案語錄，包括法眼、雲門、曹洞、臨濟、溈仰五宗祖師的機鋒對話與悟道因緣，系統整理了禪宗從初祖達摩至唐宋時期的發展脈絡。全書共二十卷，以燈燈相傳為喻，展現了禪宗心法傳承的歷史軌跡。作為研究唐宋禪宗思想的核心文獻，五燈會元不僅是佛教史學的重要資料，更是禪門修行者參究心性的權威指南，在中國佛教史上具有不可替代的地位。"
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### 潭州道吾山宗智禪師

> Chan Master Zongzhi of Daowu Mountain in Tanzhou

豫章海昏張氏子。幼依槃和尚受教登戒。預藥山法會。密契心印。一日。山問。子去何處來。師曰。遊山來。山曰。不離此室。速道將來。師曰。山上烏兒頭似雪。㵎底遊魚忙不徹。師離藥山見南泉。泉問。闍黎名甚麼。師曰。宗智。泉曰。智不到處。作麼生宗。師曰。切忌道著。泉曰。灼然。道著即頭角生。三日後。師與雲巖在後架把針。泉見乃問。智頭陀前日道。智不到處切忌道著。道著即頭角生。合作麼生行履。師便抽身入僧堂。泉便歸方丈。師又來把針。巖曰。師弟適來為甚不祇對和尚。師曰。你不妨靈利。巖不薦。却問南泉。適來智頭陀為甚不祇對和尚。某甲不會。乞師垂示。泉曰。他却是異類中行。巖曰。如何是異類中行。泉曰。不見道。智不到處切忌道著。道著即頭角生。直須向異類中行。巖亦不會。師知雲巖不薦。乃曰。此人因緣不在此。却同回藥山。山問。汝回何速。巖曰。祇為因緣不契。山曰。有何因緣。巖舉前話。山曰。子作麼生會他。這箇時節便回。巖無對。山乃大笑。巖便問。如何是異類中行。山曰。吾今日困倦。且待別時來。巖曰。某甲特為此事歸來。山曰。且去。巖便出。師在方丈外。聞巖不薦。不覺齩得指頭血出。師却下來問巖。師兄去問和尚那因緣作麼生。巖曰。和尚不與某甲說。師便低頭僧問雲居。切忌道著。意作麼生。居云。此語最毒。云。如何是最毒底語。居云。一棒打殺龍蛇。雲巖臨遷化。遣書辭師。師覧書了。謂洞山．密師伯曰。雲巖不知有。我悔當時不向伊道。雖然如是。要且不違藥山之子玄覺云。古人恁麼道。還知有也未。又云。雲巖當時不會。且道甚麼處是伊不會處。藥山上堂曰。我有一句子。未曾說向人。師出曰。相隨來也。僧問。藥山一句子如何說。山曰。非言說。師曰。早言說了也。師一日提笠出。雲巖指笠曰。用這箇作甚麼。師曰。有用處。巖曰。忽遇黑風猛雨來時如何。師曰。葢覆著。巖曰。他還受葢覆麼。師曰。然雖如是。且無滲漏。溈山問雲巖。菩提以何為座。巖曰。以無為為座。巖却問溈山。山曰。以諸法空為座。又問。師作麼生。師曰。坐也聽伊坐。臥也聽伊臥。有一人不坐不臥。速道。速道。山休去。溈山問師。甚麼處去來。師曰。看病來。山曰。有幾人病。師曰。有病底。有不病底。山曰。不病底莫是智頭陀麼。師曰。病與不病。總不干他事。速道。速道。山曰。道得也與他沒交涉。僧問。萬里無雲未是本來天。如何是本來天。師曰。今日好曬麥。雲巖問。師弟家風近日如何。師曰。教師兄指點。堪作甚麼。巖曰。無這箇來多少時也。師曰。牙根猶帶生澁在。僧問。如何是今時著力處。師曰。千人萬人喚不回頭。方有少分相應。曰。忽然火起時如何。師曰。能燒大地。師却問僧。除却星與燄。那箇是火。曰。不是火。別一僧却問。師還見火麼。師曰。見。曰。見從何起。師曰。除却行住坐臥。別請一問。有施主施裩。藥山提起示眾曰。法身還具四大也無。有人道得。與他一腰裩。師曰。性地非空。空非性地。此是地大。三大亦然。山曰。與汝一腰裩。師指佛桑花問僧曰。這箇何似那箇。曰。直得寒毛卓竪。師曰。畢竟如何。曰。道吾門下底。師曰。十里大王。雲巖不安。師乃謂曰。離此殻漏子。向甚麼處相見。巖曰。不生不滅處相見。師曰。何不道非不生不滅處。亦不求相見。雲巖補鞋次。師問。作甚麼。巖曰。將敗壞補敗壞。師曰。何不道即敗壞非敗壞。師聞僧念維摩經云。八千菩薩．五百聲聞。皆欲隨從文殊師利。師問曰。甚麼處去。其僧無對。師便打後僧問禾山。山曰。給侍者方諧。師到五峰。峰問。還識藥山老宿否。師曰。不識。峯曰。為甚麼不識。師曰。不識。不識。問。如何是祖師西來意。師曰。東土不曾逢。因設先師齋。僧問。未審先師還來也無。師曰。汝諸人用設齋作甚麼。石霜問。和尚一片骨。敲著似銅鳴。向甚麼處去也。師喚侍者。者應諾。師曰。驢年去。唐太和九年九月示疾。有苦。僧眾慰問體候。師曰。有受非償。子知之乎。眾皆愀然。越十日將行。謂眾曰。吾當西邁。理無東移。言訖告寂。闍維得靈骨數片。建塔道吾。後雷。遷于石霜山之陽。

> Zhang family's son from Yuhang. As a child he studied under Master Pan and received the precepts. He attended the assembly of Medicine Mountain and was secretly transmitted the mind seal. One day, the mountain asked, "Where have you come from?" The master said, "From wandering the mountains." The mountain said, "Without leaving this room, speak at once." The master said, "The birds on the mountain have heads white as snow, the fish at the bottom of the stream are too busy to finish." The master left Medicine Mountain and met Nanquan. Nanquan asked, "What is your name, monk?" The master said, "Zongzhi." Nanquan said, "Where wisdom cannot reach, how to grasp it?" The master said, "Be careful not to speak of it." Nanquan said, "Indeed. Speak of it and horns grow." Three days later, while the master and Yunyan were sewing in the back hall, Nanquan saw them and asked, "The other day you said, 'Where wisdom cannot reach, be careful not to speak of it. Speak of it and horns grow.' How then should one act?" The master slipped away and entered the monks' hall. Nanquan returned to his quarters. The master came back to sew. Yunyan said, "Brother, why didn't you answer the master just now?" The master said, "You're quite sharp." Yunyan didn't understand. He went and asked Nanquan, "Why didn't Zongzhi answer the master? I don't understand. Please instruct me." Nanquan said, "He walks among the different kinds." Yunyan asked, "What is walking among the different kinds?" Nanquan said, "Haven't you heard? 'Where wisdom cannot reach, be careful not to speak of it. Speak of it and horns grow.' One must walk straight among the different kinds." Yunyan still didn't understand. The master knew Yunyan wasn't grasping it, and said, "This person's conditions are not here." So they returned together to Medicine Mountain. The mountain asked, "Why have you returned so soon?" Yunyan said, "It's only because the conditions didn't connect." The mountain said, "What conditions?" Yunyan recounted the previous conversation. The mountain said, "How do you understand him? At this moment he returned." Yunyan had no response. The mountain burst out laughing. Yunyan then asked, "What is walking among the different kinds?" The mountain said, "I'm tired today. Wait for another time." Yunyan said, "I came back especially for this matter." The mountain said, "Go for now." Yunyan went out. The master was outside the abbot's quarters and heard that Yunyan didn't grasp it. Unconsciously he bit his finger until blood came out. The master came down and asked Yunyan, "Brother, when you asked the master about that matter, what did he say?" Yunyan said, "The master didn't tell me." The master lowered his head <note>A monk asked Cloudy Peak, "'Be careful not to speak of it'—what does it mean?" The peak said, "These words are most poisonous." "What is the most poisonous speech?" The peak said, "A single blow kills dragons and snakes."</note>. When Yunyan was about to pass away, he sent a letter to take leave of the master. After reading it, the master said to Dongshan and Master Mi, "Yunyan doesn't know. I regret not telling him then. Even so, he is still a son of Medicine Mountain." <note>Xuanjue said, " When the ancients spoke thus, did they know or not?" And also said, "Yunyan didn't understand at that time. Tell me—where exactly did he fail to understand?" </note> Medicine Mountain addressed the assembly, "I have a phrase that I've never spoken to anyone." The master came out and said, "It follows along!" A monk asked, "How do you speak Medicine Mountain's phrase?" The mountain said, "Beyond words." The master said, "You've already spoken it." One day the master raised his straw hat and went out. Yunyan pointed at the hat and asked, "What are you using that for?" The master said, "It's useful." Yunyan asked, "What about when the fierce wind and wild rain come?" The master said, "It covers." Yunyan said, "Does it receive the covering?" The master said, "Even so, it is without a leak." Weishan asked Yunyan, "What is the seat of Enlightenment?" Yunyan said, "Non-action is the seat." Yunyan then asked Weishan. The mountain said, "The emptiness of all dharmas is the seat." Then he asked the master, "What about you?" The master said, "Sitting—let them sit. Lying down—let them lie. There is one who neither sits nor lies. Speak quickly! Speak quickly!" Weishan stopped. Weishan asked the master, "Where have you been?" The master said, "Looking after the sick." The mountain said, "How many are sick?" The master said, "There are the sick, and there are those who aren't sick." The mountain said, "The healthy one, is it Monk Zongzhi?" The master said, "Sick or not, neither concerns him. Speak quickly! Speak quickly!" The mountain said, "Even if you speak, it has nothing to do with him." A monk asked, "A sky without clouds—isn't the original heaven. What is the original heaven?" The master said, "Today is good for drying wheat." Yunyan asked, "Junior brother, how is your family's style these days?" The master said, "I'd like to hear your instruction, senior brother—what use would it be?" Yunyan said, "It's been a long time since 'this' came." The master said, "Your teeth still have a raw, rough edge." A monk asked, "What is the place to put effort in today?" The master said, "When a thousand people, ten thousand people call and you don't turn your head, then there's a small measure of accord." "What if fire suddenly breaks out?" The master said, "It can burn the great earth." The master then asked a monk, "Apart from the sparks and the flames, what is fire?" The monk said, "Not fire." Another monk then asked, "Does the master see fire?" The master said, "I see it." "Where does seeing arise from?" said the monk. "Apart from walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, ask another question." Some donors gave a pair of trousers. Medicine Mountain held them up and said to the assembly, "Does the Dharma body possess the four great elements? Let the one who can answer receive these trousers." The master said, "The nature of mind is not emptiness; emptiness is not the nature of mind. This is the element of earth. The other three are likewise." The mountain said, "Give him the trousers." Pointing to a hibiscus flower, the master asked a monk, "How is this compared to that?" The monk said, "It makes the hairs on my skin stand up." The master said, "After all, what is it?" The monk said, "It's of Daowu's school." The master said, "The great king of ten li." Yunyan was unwell. The master said to him, "Apart from this bag of skin, where shall we meet?" Yunyan said, "We'll meet in the place of neither birth nor death." The master said, "Why not say—meet in the place of neither birth nor death, and don't seek meeting either." While Yunyan was mending his shoes, the master asked, "What are you doing?" Yunyan said, "Mending the decaying with the decaying." The master said, "Why not say, 'The decaying is not the decaying'?" The master heard a monk reciting the Vimalakirti Sutra: "Eight thousand bodhisattvas and five hundred voice-hearers all wished to follow Manjushri." The master asked, "Where are they going?" That monk had no answer, so the master struck him <note>Later a monk asked Heshan about this. Heshan said, "Only when one serves properly will it fit."</note>. The master went to Wufeng (Five Peaks). The peak asked, "Do you know the elder of Medicine Mountain?" The master said, "I don't." The peak said, "Why don't you know him?" The master said, "Don't know. Don't know." Asked, "What is the meaning of the Patriarch's coming from the West?" The master said, "Never met it in the Eastern Land." While making an offering for the late master, a monk asked, "I wonder—does the late master come or not?" The master said, "Why do you all make the offering at all?" Shishuang asked, "The master's single bone rings like bronze when struck. Where has it gone?" The master called his attendant. The attendant responded. The master said, "In the year of the donkey." In the ninth year of the Taihe era, in the ninth month, the master showed signs of illness and was in pain. The monks came to console and ask about his health. The master said, "Receiving without repayment—do you understand?" They were all sorrowful. After ten days, about to depart, he said to the assembly, "I shall go west; no principle moves east." After speaking, he passed into stillness. After cremation, several bones of spiritual relics were found, and a stupa was built at Daowu. Later a thunderstorm came and the relics were moved to the south side of Shishuang Mountain.