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title: "四家語錄（序．引．跋） · No. 1320-B 讀四家語錄引"
description: "四家語錄（序．引．跋）原為中國禪宗重要文獻，但正文已失傳，現存僅序言、引言和跋文部分。作者不詳，推測成書於宋代，輯錄了馬祖道一、百丈懷海、黃檗希運、臨濟義玄四位禪宗祖師的語錄。內容涵蓋禪宗核心思想如即心是佛、無心是道，強調頓悟和直指人心。該書雖殘缺，卻是研究唐宋禪宗思想演變的關鍵資料，尤其臨濟宗以此為重要依據，對後世禪學發展影響深遠，在佛教史上具有崇高地位。"
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### No. 1320-B讀四家語錄引

> Introduction to Reading the Four Masters' Records

解君。刻是錄畢。有客扣予曰。但形文字。即屬言教。烏得謂之教外別傳邪。予曰。非也。有言固教。而無言亦教也。乃至非有言。非無言。非非有言。非非無言。皆教也。所謂離四句絕百非。客又曰。靈龜曳尾。而其迹彌彰。四尊宿之語。不亦曳尾乎哉。予曰。非也。言四尊宿有意泯迹。非教外也。無意泯迹。亦非教外也。乃至非有意。非無意。非非有意。非非無意。具非教外也。客曰。然則孰謂為別傳哉。予曰。待󳬇破下文。試與汝道。

> My friend, as I finished transcribing this record, a guest knocked and asked me: "Once words are written down, they belong to the realm of verbal teaching. How can this be called the separate transmission outside the teachings?" I replied: "That is not so. Having words is indeed teaching, but having no words is also teaching. Moreover, 'not having words,' 'not having no words,' 'not not having words,' and 'not not having no words'—all are teaching. This is what is meant by 'transcending the four propositions and cutting off all negations.'" The guest then said: "When the spiritual tortoise drags its tail, its tracks become even more evident. Are the words of these four venerable masters not like dragging a tail?" I replied: "That is not so. To say the four venerable masters intentionally concealed their traces is not outside the teachings. To say they unintentionally concealed their traces is also not outside the teachings. Moreover, 'not intentional,' 'not unintentional,' 'not not intentional,' and 'not not unintentional'—none of these are outside the teachings." The guest asked: "Then what can truly be called the separate transmission?" I said: "Wait until you break through the following text, and I will try to explain it to you."

萬曆丁未秋八一日　　　荊溪釋正傳書

> Written on the first day of the eighth month in the autumn of the Wanli Dingwei year, by the monk Zhengchuan of Jingxi.