禪宗無門關
The Gateless Gate
說道無門。盡大地人得入。說道有門。無阿師分。第一強添幾箇注脚。大似笠上頂笠。硬要習翁贊揚。又是乾竹絞汁。著得這些哮本。不消習翁一擲。一擲莫教一滴落江湖。千里烏騅追不得。紹定改元七月晦。習菴陳𡎖寫。
The Way has no gate, yet all people under heaven can enter. The Way has a gate, yet not even the master can claim it.
First, forcing in a few footnotes— it’s like stacking a hat on a hat. Trying to win praise from Old Man Xi— it’s like squeezing juice from dry bamboo.
With all this roaring bluster, it doesn’t even take Xi Weng one toss. One toss—don’t let a single drop fall into the river. Even a thousand-mile black steed couldn’t catch it.
Written by Xi’an Chen Ji at the end of the seventh month, the first year of Shaoding reign.
紹定二年正月初五日。恭遇天基聖節。臣僧慧開。預於元年十二月初五日。印行拈提佛祖機緣四十八則。祝延今上皇帝聖躬萬歲萬歲萬萬歲。皇帝陛下。恭願聖明齊日月。叡算等乾坤。八方歌有道之君。四海樂無為之化。
On the fifth day of the first month, in the second year of the Shaoding era, we respectfully encountered the sacred birthday of His Majesty. I, the monk Huikai, had already printed and distributed forty-eight selected teachings and dialogues of the Buddhas and Patriarchs on the fifth day of the twelfth month of the previous year, to pray for the long life of our present Emperor—ten thousand years, ten thousand times ten thousand years.
Your Majesty, the Emperor, we humbly wish that your wisdom may shine like the sun and moon, and your foresight may encompass heaven and earth. May all lands praise a ruler who upholds the Way, and may all seas rejoice in the transformation of effortless virtue.
慈懿皇后功德報因佑慈禪寺前住持傳法臣僧慧開謹言
The Merits and Karmic Causes of Empress Ciyi, as Recorded by the Former Abbot of Youci Temple, the Dharma-Transmitting Monk Huikai.