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title: "天目中峰廣錄 · 頌古"
description: "天目中峰廣錄是元代高僧中峰明本的著作集，收录其语录、诗文和书信等。中峰明本为临济宗著名禅师，师承高峰原妙，提倡禅净双修，影响深远。该书系统阐述禅宗思想，强调心性觉悟与净土信仰的结合，体现了元代佛教禅净融合的特点。作为临济宗重要文献，该书对后世禅宗发展有重要影响，是研究元代佛教思想与中峰明本禅学的重要资料，在佛教史上具有重要地位。"
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### 頌古
> Praising the Ancients
世尊初生。
> The World-Honored One was born.
無明滿肚惡纏身 纔出娘胎軟廝禁 目顧四方周七步 不知脚下水泥深
> Ignorance fills the belly, evil entangles the body, Just out of the womb, soft and helpless. Eyes look all around, taking seven steps, Not knowing the deep mud beneath the feet.
文殊答菴摩羅女其力未充
> Manjushri replied, "Her strength is not yet sufficient."
將軍有令下重圍 八戶風高馬不嘶 兩眼忽開天地闊 太平無象到今時
> The general's order tightens the siege, Eight gates in high wind, horses silent and still. Suddenly both eyes open, heaven and earth vast— Peace without form has lasted until now.
女子出定
> The Woman Emerges from Meditation
花落銀牀春爛熳 月沉金帳夜迢遙 虛堂寂寞無人共 只把檀香盡意燒
> Flowers fall on the silver bed, spring in full bloom, The moon sinks behind the golden curtains, the night stretches long. The empty hall is silent, with no one to share it with, I simply burn the sandalwood incense, letting it fill the air.
外道問佛有六通如何是那一通
> A non-Buddhist asked the Buddha, "You are said to possess the six supernatural powers. Which one is the most essential?"
醉乘白鶴登銀闕 夢跨青鸞入絳宮 酒醒眼開俱不見 一川桃李自春風
> Drunk, I rode a white crane to the silver palace; In dreams, I soared on a blue phoenix into crimson halls. Awake, with clear eyes, all vanished without a trace— Only a river of peach and plum blossoms dancing in the spring breeze.
即心是佛
> This very mind is Buddha.
硬似純鋼爛似泥 甜如崖蜜毒如砒 渾侖吞又渾侖吐 賺殺江西馬簸箕
> Hard as pure steel, soft as mud, Sweet as cliff honey, poisonous as arsenic. Swallowed whole and spat out whole, Fooling Jiangxi's Master Maboji.
非心非佛
> It is not the mind, nor is it the Buddha.
大地眾生成正覺 百千諸佛陷泥犁 休將此話頻頻舉 却恐閻家老子知
> When all beings on earth attain enlightenment, A hundred thousand Buddhas fall into hell. Do not speak these words too often, Lest the Lord of the Underworld comes to know.
南泉住菴被人打破碗鑊
> Nanquan was living in his hut when someone broke his bowl and pot.
一把黃金鈍钁頭 引他白日鬼來偷 自從去後無蹤跡 入眼青山緫是愁
> A dull golden hoe, Luring daylight ghosts to steal it away. Since it vanished without a trace, Every green hill in sight brings only sorrow.
僧問馬祖離四句絕百非答藏頭黑海頭白因緣
> A monk asked Master Mazu: "What is it to transcend all dualities and go beyond all conceptual thinking?" Maza replied: "The head is hidden in the black sea, yet the head is white."
白玉琢成西子骨 黃金鑄就伍貟心 蓮宮人醉歌聲咽 月落吳江淚滿襟
> White jade carved into Xishi's frame, Gold cast to form Wu Yuan's heart. In lotus halls, voices falter in drunken song, As moonlight fades on Wu River, tears soak the robe.
趙州無
> Zhaozhou says, "No."
翁翁年老齒牙踈 口不關風道箇無 肝膽一時傾吐了 苦哉邪法正難扶
> The old man's teeth are sparse and worn, his words unclear, "This is nothing," he says. In a moment, he poured out all his sincerity and courage, Alas, the evil teachings are hard to correct.
洗鉢盂去
> Go wash your alms bowl.
粥罷教伊洗鉢盂成特地費分踈 是非得失渾休問 真箇闍黎悟也無
> After the meal, I told him to wash the bowl, but he made a fuss over nothing. Don’t ask whether it’s right or wrong, gain or loss— Tell me, has this monk truly awakened or not?
黃檗云不是無禪只是無師
> Huangbo said, "It's not that there is no Chan—it's that there are no true teachers."
不是無禪是沒師 猫兒尾上繫研槌 夜深打殺街頭鼠 路上行人那得知
> It's not that there's no Zen, but that there's no teacher, A cat with a pestle tied to its tail. In the dead of night, it kills the rats in the streets, But how would the passersby ever know?
萬法歸一一歸何處
> All things return to the One, but where does the One return to?
斧爛柯銷局未闌 天風吹鶴下瑤壇滿盤黑白輕轉 袖拂蒼梧玉珮寒
> The axe handle rots, the game goes on, A heavenly crane descends to the jade altar. Black and white pieces lightly turn on the board, Sleeves brush cold jade pendants in the ancient grove.
德山托鉢
> De Shan Carrying His Alms Bowl
天生富貴稱雄才織翠華裾擁不開 一簇管絃聲未絕 醉扶公子上樓臺
> Born into wealth and hailed as a hero, adorned in splendid robes, A chorus of music plays on without end, Drunk, they help the young master up the tower stairs.
臨濟四喝
> Linji's Four Shouts
小廝兒偏愛弄嬌絲毫不挂赤條條劣獅筋斗重擲 拶得蟾蜍下碧霄
> The playful child, delighting in mischief, strips completely bare, tossing the lion's somersault high into the air, squeezing the toad down from the azure sky.
香嚴上樹
> Xiangyan Climbing the Tree
全提三寸殺人刀 千里聞風鬼亦號 沒興有人輕犯著 饒伊得命也無毛
> With a three-inch blade, he wields the sword of death, A thousand miles away, ghosts tremble at his name. Should any fool dare to cross his path, Though spared their life, they’d lose all they claim.
嚴陽尊者問趙州放下因緣
> Venerable Yanyang asked Zhaozhou about the story of "letting go."
地沒朱砂赤土 廩無粒米倒礱糠 赤窮自是活不得 又被人來指賊贓
> The earth, void of cinnabar, is but red clay; the granary, without a single grain, holds only chaff. Utter destitution itself makes life impossible, yet people still point and call it stolen goods.
婆子燒菴
> The Old Woman Burns Down the Hut
三冬枯木遇春陽 翠蕚寒英噴古香 雪鬢老婆情未瞥 冷看花樹哭檀郎
> In the dead of winter, a withered tree meets the spring sun, Emerald buds and cold blossoms release an ancient fragrance. The white-haired old woman, her feelings still unseeing, Coldly watches the flowering tree and weeps for her beloved.
木平見洛浦盤龍二老雲峯悅拈云云
> Muping saw Luopu and Panlong, the two elders. Yunfeng Yue held up his whisk and said...
葉捲西風樹樹寒 亂蛩吟砌夢初殘 情懷自是不堪聽 又把琵琶月下彈
> Leaves curl in the west wind, trees shiver with chill, Crickets chirp chaotically by the steps, dreams just beginning to fade. My heart's feelings are already too much to bear, Yet again I pluck the pipa beneath the moonlight.
趙州勘婆
> Zhaozhou Tests the Old Woman
生鐵蒺藜當面擲 琉璃坑壍遶身開 勸君莫問臺山路 多少平人被活埋
> Iron thorns are cast before your face, Glass pitfalls open all around. I urge you not to ask the way to the mountain of enlightenment— How many ordinary souls are buried alive there.
洞山三頓棒
> Dongshan received three blows of the staff.
蹉口相酬罪莫逃 放伊三頓轉忉忉 使他飯袋江西去 添得廬陵米價高
> To waste words in argument is a sin hard to escape; Letting him off with three beatings only stirs up more trouble. Sending this rice-bag off to Jiangxi, Will only drive up the price of rice in Luling.
石鞏張弓
> Shigong drew his bow.
平生𠆸倆盡施呈𫼡折蓬蒿箭兩莖 半箇聖人還不薦 依前日午打三更
> In this life, all my skills are fully displayed— I break through the weeds with two stalks of arrow. Even half a sage is not yet recognized, As before, at noon, I strike the third watch.
僧問夾山境法眼拈云我二十年只作境會
> A monk asked about the environment of Jiashan. Fayan commented, "For twenty years, I only understood it as environment."
哭月狂猿攀古樹 嘯風猛虎踞懸崖 人間別有通霄路 不必行從這裏來
> The mad ape, weeping at the moon, climbs the ancient tree; The fierce tiger, roaring in the wind, crouches on the cliff's edge. Yet in the human world, there is another path to the heavens— No need to force your way through here.
大事未明如喪考妣大事已明亦如喪考妣
> Before you see the truth, you grieve as if you’ve lost your parents. After you see the truth, you still grieve as if you’ve lost your parents.
萬里山河平似掌 一條官路直如絃 行人若問窮通事 鐵壁銀山在面前
> The vast landscape stretches flat as an open palm; The official road runs straight as a drawn string. If travelers ask about fortune or fate— A wall of iron, a mountain of silver stands before them.
丹霞燒木佛
> Danxia burned a wooden Buddha.
火燒木佛丹霞罪 脫落鬚眉院主災 一陣東風回暖律 幾多春色上梅腮
> The sin of Danxia burning the wooden Buddha, The calamity of the abbot losing his beard and brows. A gust of east wind returns warmth to the rhythm, How many spring hues now color the plum blossom's cheeks.
則監寺叅青峯法眼丙丁童子公案
> The temple supervisor then inquired about the case of the "Boy Bingding" from Qingfeng Fayuan.
觸著神鋒劈面揮 電光石火較猶遅 不因洗耳池邊過 肯信人間有是非
> When the divine blade swings before your face, even lightning and sparks are slow in comparison. If not for passing by the ear-washing pool, how could one believe in the rights and wrongs of this world?
丹霞訪龐居士靈照提籃因緣
> Danxia visited Layman Pang, and Lingzhao carried a basket.
放籃斂手舉籃歸 自是多情惹是非 月落畫堂人去後 不堪歡笑只堪悲
> Putting down the basket, folding her hands, she returns with it empty. All this trouble comes from being too tender-hearted. After the moon sets over the painted hall and he is gone, What remains is not joy or laughter, only sorrow.
兜率和尚三關性在甚處
> Where does the nature of the Three Barriers reside?
赤脚波斯叩海門 黑風吹浪暗昏昏 三更掣斷青霞鎻 笑看驪龍戲子孫
> A barefoot Persian knocks at the ocean's gate, Dark winds blow, waves churn, the sky grows dim and late. At midnight, he breaks the chains of rosy dawn's light, And laughs to see the dragon's offspring play in the night.
四大分散作麼生脫
> When the four elements scatter, how can one find liberation?
空奮雙拳窮滴滴 橫擔片板赤條條 夜來得箇揚州夢 騎鶴腰錢跨九霄
> Empty fists, utterly destitute, Shouldering a single plank, stark naked. In the night, a dream of Yangzhou came, Riding a crane, coins at my waist, soaring beyond the nine heavens.
眼光落地向甚處去
> Where does your gaze fall when it lands on the ground?
鐵狗銅蛇正奮瞋 風刀火鋸肉成塵 茫茫長夜幾經刦 舉眼無親怕殺人
> Iron dogs and copper snakes rage with fury, Wind-blades and fire-saws turn flesh to dust. Through endless, dark nights, how many kalpas pass? Lifting my eyes, seeing no kin, I tremble in fear.
黃龍三關
> The Three Gates of Huanglong
我手何似佛手 也解攀花折柳 牀頭脫落秤槌 打破竈前熨斗
> My hand, how like a Buddha's hand, also knows to pluck the flowers and break the willows. From the head of the bed, a weight falls, shattering the iron before the stove.
我脚何似驢脚轉草鞋倒著 走遍四大神州 寸步那曾踏著
> What does my foot resemble? A donkey's foot turning in straw sandals, worn backwards. I've traveled all four great continents, yet never once have my feet touched the ground.
人人有箇生緣 夜半胡孫駕船 撞破黑風白浪 踏水底青天
> Everyone has their own origin, In the dead of night, a monkey steers a boat. It crashes through dark winds and white waves, Treading the blue sky beneath the water.
佛手驢脚生緣 三關一句齊宣 更問如何即是 黃龍口裏無涎
> The Buddha's hand, the donkey's foot, all arise from conditions. The three barriers and the single phrase are proclaimed together. If you ask further, "What is it, exactly?" In Huanglong's mouth, there is no saliva.
達磨一日命門人各言所得遂分皮髓云云
> One day, Bodhidharma asked his disciples to each speak of their understanding. He then distinguished between the skin and the marrow, and so on.
九年冷坐 一旦惺惺 是非易辨 得失難明 分張皮肉骨髓 令人路見不平 汝得吾皮 前長後短 汝得吾肉多肥少精 汝得吾骨 只堪餧狗 汝得吾髓 脫賺平生盡情為伊註破 也只道得八成 要見達磨大師麽 岳邊頓落千山勢 海上全消萬𣲖聲
> Nine years of cold sitting, once awakened. Right and wrong are easy to distinguish, gain and loss hard to see clearly. Separating skin, flesh, bone, and marrow—it makes people feel the injustice along the way. You got my skin—long in front, short behind. You got my flesh—more fat, less essence. You got my bone—only fit to feed the dogs. You got my marrow—it fooled a lifetime. Even if I explain it all for you, I can only say eighty percent. Do you want to see the great master Bodhidharma? The mountain’s force suddenly falls by the peak, On the sea, all ten thousand streams’ voices vanish.
## 天目中峯和尚廣錄卷第三
> The Extensive Record of Monk Zhongfeng of Tianmu, Volume 3
### 校訛
> Collating and Correcting
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### 音釋扭
> Pronunciation Guide: Niu
女九切穽
疾政切陷坑也擘
> Jízhèng means to cut and trap in a pit. To split apart.
博厄切鈲也𫼡
> Bo'eqie is a type of guPicking it up
於巧切手拉也臠
> 於巧切手拉也Luan
力兗切塊切肉也攙
> Cutting meat into chunks.
楚銜切肋
> Ribs
歷德切脅幹也鋼
> Steel
居郎切堅鐵也砒
> Jūláng qiē jiān tiě yě Arsenic
房脂切毒藥也钁
> Pronounced as "fangzhiqie," it is a type of poison. Hoe
居縳切太鉏也蛩
> Jū fù qiē tài chú yě Qióng
渠容切蟋蟀也伎倆
> Qurong cut, meaning cricket Tricks
依渠綺切倆良將切
> Based on the canal, with elegant and precise cuts, and good generals.