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title: "增集續傳燈錄 · 婺州伏龍山聖壽千巖元長禪師"
description: "增集續傳燈錄由明代高僧文琇編撰，是禪宗重要史傳著作。該書成書於明初，繼承宋代傳燈錄傳統，增補元代至明初禪師語錄與行狀，記錄臨濟、曹洞等宗派傳承。內容涵蓋高僧機鋒問答、悟道因緣及法脈譜系，展現禪宗“以心傳心”的宗旨。作為續傳燈錄的擴編本，它填補了宋元至明初禪宗史料空白，對研究中國禪宗發展脈絡具有重要價值。文琇嚴謹考證，保存了大量珍貴語錄，被後世視為研究明清禪宗的重要文獻，在佛教史學與禪宗思想領域佔有獨特地位。"
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### ○婺州伏龍山聖壽千巖元長禪師

> Master Yuanchang of Shengshou Qianyan Temple, Fulong Mountain, Wuzhou

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> His name was Wuming, a native of Xiaoshan. His surname was Dong. He followed his uncle, a monk called Tanfang, to study Buddhism at Famen Yuan in Fuyang. He could recite any text after just one reading. At nineteen, he shaved his head and entered the monastic life, going to Wulin to study the Vinaya at Lingzhi Temple. The Vinaya master asked him, "What does it mean when it says, 'The eight dharmas come and go without conflict'?" The master replied, "Why not ask about the ninth dharma?" The Vinaya master said, "Ask about the Vinaya and answer with Chan—truly a vessel of the Great Vehicle." Once, when the Prime Minister's household held a vegetarian feast for monks, the master went along with the crowd. Zhongfeng was also present. Seeing the master from afar, he called out, "How do you practice daily?" The master said, "I only recite the Buddha's name." Zhongfeng asked, "Where is the Buddha right now?" The master hesitated. Zhongfeng scolded him. The master then bowed and requested guidance. Zhongfeng gave him the gong'an, "A dog has no Buddha-nature." He then went on to practice Chan at Lingyin Temple. In the mountains, Reverend Chuan of Xuetang summoned the master to serve as his personal secretary. Before long, he returned to Famen for nearly ten years. One day, he suddenly sighed and said, "All my life, my spirit has filled heaven and earth—yet here I am, like a vinegar worm in a jar!" So he returned to Lingyin, where he did not let his ribs touch the mat for three years. Then, hearing a rooster's crow, he had a realization. He hurried to see Zhongfeng, who again scolded him. Frustrated, the master came back. As night was about to fall, a rat knocked over the cat's food bowl, and the bowl crashed to the ground with a sound. In that instant, he awakened suddenly, feeling his body leap several feet into the air. He went again to question Zhongfeng. Zhongfeng asked, "Why did Zhaozhou say 'no'?" The master said, "The rat ate the cat's food." Zhongfeng said, "Not yet." The master said, "The bowl hit the ground, breaking the monastery's bricks." Zhongfeng smiled and instructed him, "Take good care of what you've realized." After that, the master retired to the East Hut on Tianlong Mountain. A snake came daily to sit beneath him, and the master taught it the precepts of refuge. The snake raised its head and bowed, then slithered away. From then on, his reputation grew brighter by the day. The provincial prime minister, Tuohuan, sent an envoy to press the master into taking up a teaching post, and the abbots of other mountains vied to invite him, but he declined them all. He crossed the river to Fulong Mountain and planted his staff on a cliff, making a vow: "If a spring appears on this mountain, I will stay here." Soon, a spring gushed forth, milky white. So he settled beneath a large tree. A local notable, Lou Rujun, built a dwelling for him, and they soon named the old temple site "Sacred Longevity." Monks and laypeople alike flocked to him in admiration. Prince Zhennan personally inscribed the temple plaque to present to him, along with a sanghati robe and the titles "Universal Response, Expansive Eloquence, and Wondrous Wisdom." The Bureau of Monastic Affairs also petitioned the Eastern Court, bestowing upon him the title "Great Chan Master of Buddha-Wisdom, Perfect Illumination, Vast Radiance, and Boundless Benefit," along with a golden kasaya. A monk asked, "Even Shakyamuni and Maitreya are his servants—who is 'he'?" The master said, "A broom born from a rubbish heap." The monk said, "I don't understand." The master said, "Go ask the sanitation monk." Another monk asked, "In Guanyin's thousand hands and thousand eyes, which is the true eye?" The master said, "Point." Song Jinglian once visited the master. The master asked him, "I hear you have read the entire Tripitaka—is that so?" Lian said, "Yes." The master said, "Did you read it with your ears, or perceive it with your eyes?" Lian said, "I perceive it with my eyes." The master said, "Who is the one that perceives with the eyes?" Lian raised his eyebrows toward him. They exchanged a smile. Once, addressing the assembly, he said, "Turning the mountains, rivers, and the land back to oneself is easy. Turning oneself back to the mountains, rivers, and the land is hard." He lifted it up, then said, "Before your parents gave birth to you, say one phrase." Another time, ascending the hall, he pointed at the incense burner and said, "Great assembly, the incense burner has already spoken the Dharma to you all." Then he stepped down from the seat. Again, ascending the hall, he said, "Autumn wind is cool, autumn nights are long. The traveler who has not returned thinks of home. Great assembly—where is your hometown?" He gave a shout. "Fortunately, home is right here. No need for bitter longing." In the year Dingyou of the Zhizheng era, on the fourteenth day of the sixth month, he wrote his verse: "Half a lifetime of idle talk. Today, this failure is complete. One phrase roars across the sky— The eye of the true Dharma is extinguished." He set down his brush and passed away. His entire body was enshrined at Qingsong Hut.