清稅孤貧
Tax Relief for the Poor and Orphans
曹山和尚。因僧問云。清稅孤貧。乞師賑濟。山云。稅闍梨稅應諾。山曰。青原白家酒。三盞喫了猶道。未沾唇。
Master Caoshan was once asked by a monk, "Qingshui is poor and alone—please, Master, grant me relief." Caoshan called out, "Shui, Osho!" Shui responded, "Yes?" Caoshan said, "The fine wine of Qingyuan's house— you've already drunk three cups, and still you say your lips haven't touched it."
無門曰。清稅輸機。是何心行。曹山具眼深辨來機。然雖如是且道。那裏是稅闍梨喫酒處。
Wumen said: Qingshui's transmission of the opportunity—what kind of mind is this? Caoshan had the eye and deeply discerned the coming mechanism. Yet even so, tell me: where is the place where Shui, the teacher, drank the wine?
頌曰。
The verse says:
貧似范丹 氣如項羽 活計雖無
敢與鬪富
Poor as Fan Dan, Yet fierce as Xiang Yu. With no means to live, Still I dare to rival the rich.