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title: "石霜楚圓禪師語錄 · 勘辨"
description: "石霜楚圆禅师语录由宋代临济宗高僧楚圆禅师的小弟子慧南重编整理。楚圆禅师是临济宗杨岐派创始人方会之师，活跃于北宋时期，其语录记载了师徒间的机锋对答、开示法语、偈颂及修行要义，体现了临济宗直指人心、活泼峻烈的禅风。该语录是研究宋代禅宗思想及临济宗发展的重要文献，展现了禅宗“不立文字、直彻心源”的宗旨，对后世禅门影响深远，在佛教史上具有重要地位。"
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### 勘辨

> Investigation and Discernment

筠州興教明上座持書到。師接得書便問。大路來小路來。明云。和尚試道看。便打一坐具。師云。瞎漢亂統作什麼。明噓一聲。師便打。

> When the monastic Ming, a senior seat holder from Xingjiao Monastery in Junzhou, arrived carrying a letter, the Master took the letter and immediately asked, "Did you come by the main road or the small path?" Ming said, "Master, why don't you try saying something?" The Master struck him with his sitting mat. The Master said, "Blind fool, what are you babbling about?" Ming let out a soft "shh." The Master hit him.

問僧。近離什麼處。僧云錯。師云。不落時機一句作麼生道。僧云錯。師云。南源錯。上座錯。僧無語。師便打。

> A monk asked, "Where have you come from recently?" The monk said, "Wrong." The Master said, "Without falling into time or circumstance, how would you say one phrase?" The monk said, "Wrong." The Master said, "Nanyuan is wrong. Upadhyaya is wrong." The monk was speechless. The Master hit him.

新藏主到。師問。古人道。三日不相見。莫作舊時看。一夏與藏主隔闊。如今作麼生相看。新云。和尚住持不易。師云。與麼則西祖不傳唐土信。少林謾自立親踈。新云。和尚為什麼却與麼道。師云。南源罪過。

> A new head of the library arrived. The Master asked, "The ancients said, 'If you haven't seen someone for three days, don't look at them as you did before.' All summer long I've been apart from the head of the library. So how do you see me now?" The newcomer said, "It can't have been easy for you to serve as abbot, Master." The Master said, "If that's so, then the Western Patriarch's faith never reached the land of Tang, and Shaolin has been arbitrarily drawing lines of closeness and distance." The newcomer said, "Master, why do you speak like that?" The Master said, "Nanyuan is at fault."

問僧。近離什麼處。僧云。日勢稍晚。師云。不涉程途一句作麼生道。僧云。七九六十三。師云灼然。僧云。氣急殺人。師便打。

> A monk asked, "Where have you recently come from?" The monk replied, "The sun is getting a bit late." The master said, "How would you put it in a single phrase that doesn't involve the journey?" The monk said, "Seven nines are sixty-three." The master said, "That's perfectly clear." The monk said, "You're killing me with this breathlessness." The master then hit him.

問僧。上座年多少。僧云。二十六。師云。恰與山僧拄杖同年。僧云是。師云。你道山僧拄杖年多少。僧無語。師便打。

師見僧來。拈起拄杖云。入你鼻孔裏去也。僧云。和尚幸是大人。師云了。

問僧。上座名什麼。僧云海滿。師云。海無增減。為什麼却滿。僧云。和尚莫謾海滿好。師云。南源罪過。

問新到。既是祖師門下客。不觸波瀾試道看。僧云。和尚幸是大人。師提起坐具云。者箇聻。僧云。兩重公案。師便打。第二僧云。打即不無和尚。爭奈某甲何。師云。上座有什麼長處。僧擬議。師便打。

問僧。今夏在什麼處。僧云。筠州興教。師云。芝和尚安樂麼。僧云安樂。師云。放你二十棒。

問新到。人人盡有自己。阿那箇是上座自己。僧云。坐具是七尺布。師云。悔施一問。僧擬議師便打。

問僧。近離什麼處。僧云。雲過千山碧。師云。著忙作什麼。僧云。鴈去水聲凄。師便喝。僧亦喝。師便打。僧亦打。師云。你看這瞎漢。本分打出三門外。念你是新到。且坐喫茶。

問化主。入󱈎化道即不問你。入門一句作麼生道。僧便喝。師云。亂喝作什麼。僧又喝。師便打。

問僧。祖師門下客。祇園會裏人。僧便喝。師云。亂統作什麼。僧以坐具面前劃一劃。師云。南源過在什麼處。僧無語。師便打。

師見僧來。拈起柱杖云。你為什麼被我拄杖吞却。僧云不敢。師云。你得與麼無端。僧云是。師云。還我草鞋錢來。

問僧。深山無異路。遊人何處來。僧云。州中來。師云。南源燒香。供養你去也。僧云。不勞如是。師噓一聲。鈍躓煞人。且坐喫茶。

問新到。人人盡有鼻孔。阿那箇是上座鼻孔。僧云。某甲近離仰山。師云了。喝出去。

問古人道。自從青草出。更不下堦行。遊人何到。僧云。雲程稍遠。師云。南源請益。僧以手面前劃一劃。師云。是何言歟。僧無語。師便打。

問僧。相逢不話人間事。舉措又須問。歲寒一句作麼生道。僧云。某甲不會。師云。南源失利。且坐喫茶。

問僧。入門一句作麼生道。僧云。上天無路。師云。好去。僧云。入地無門。師便喝。其僧推師一推便出去。師喚云。上座上座。僧不迴首。師云。南源今日敗闕。

問僧。近離什麼處。僧云。楊岐。師云。今夏在什麼處。僧云。筠州興教。師云。興教和尚還有鼻孔麼。僧云。有。師便打。

問僧。相逢不擎出。舉意便知有。作麼生是不擎出底句。僧展兩手。師云。南源裝香供養你去也。僧云過。師云。過在什麼處。僧以手指頭上。師云。太遠生。僧無語。師便打。

九峯專使持書到。師云。玄沙封白帋。九峯何用太忉忉。使云。亂峯幽鳥語。師云。不行山下路。爭見泣岐人。使云。日午打黃昏。師便喝云。欲觀前人。先觀所使　問僧。行脚人須知有行脚事。作麼生是行脚事。僧云知。師云。知底事作麼生。僧云。山高水冷。師云。念你遠來。且坐喫茶。僧云。喏喏。

師云。晴乾不肯去。直待雨霖頭。便打。

問僧。三日後不得故眼相看。如今作麼生。僧云。特來禮拜和尚。師云。鈍躓煞人。僧便喝。師云作麼。僧便打。師云。者瞎漢。遂打一坐具。僧云。猶欠少在。師云。本分打出三門外。且坐與你一椀茶喫。

問僧穿雲渡水客。不觸波瀾試道看。僧云。知州筆頭脫。落地無人収。師云。亂道作麼。僧擬議。師便喝。僧云。日輪正當午。仰面看青天。師以手面前劃一劃云。者箇作麼生。僧云了。師便打。

問僧。近離什麼處。僧云北禪。師云。不涉程途一句作麼生道。僧云。合取狗口。師云。山僧過在什麼處。僧云。兩重公案。師便喝。僧擬議。師便打。

問新到。相逢不擎出。舉意便知有。不擎出底句作麼生道。僧云審。師云的。僧擬議。師便喝。僧打一坐具。師云。瞎漢亂統作什麼。便打。遂令喫茶。師又舉前話再問。僧云。某甲適來更有一坐具在。師云。上座更有一坐具那。僧云是。師直打。至法堂。僧歸客位不肯。師到客位復禮。又問第二上座。還記得適來話頭麼。僧云。記不得。師云劄又問第一上座。還記得麼。僧云。棺木裏撑眼。師云。道吾棺木裏撑眼。上座又作麼生。僧無語。師便打。