--- title: "人天眼目 · 臨濟門庭" description: "人天眼目是宋代僧人智昭编集的一部重要佛教典籍，成书于南宋时期。该书系统整理了禅宗五家（临济、曹洞、沩仰、云门、法眼）的宗风纲要、祖师语录和修行要诀，是研究宋代禅宗思想的重要文献。智昭以简明扼要的方式呈现各派禅法特色，包括公案、颂古、评唱等内容，为后世学人提供了清晰的禅宗传承脉络。作为禅宗典籍中的经典之作，人天眼目不仅保存了珍贵的禅宗史料，更成为理解中国禅宗发展演变的关键文本，在佛教史上具有承前启后的重要地位。" url: "https://rushiwowen.co/en/r/cmcznolr51sbyjj048nohb5b1" --- ### 臨濟門庭 > Linji School 臨濟宗者。大機大用。脫羅籠出窠臼。虎驟龍奔。星馳電激。轉天關斡地軸。負衝天意氣。用格外提持。卷舒擒縱殺活自在。是故示三玄。三要。四賓主。四料揀。金剛王寶劍。踞地師子。探竿影草。一喝不作一喝用。一喝分賓主。照用一時行。四料揀者。中下根人來。奪境不奪法。中上根人來。奪境奪法不奪人一作奪法不奪境非上上根人來。人境兩俱奪。出格人來。人境俱不奪。四賓主者。師家有鼻孔。名主中主。學人有鼻孔。名賓中主。師家無鼻孔。名主中賓。學人無鼻孔。名賓中賓。與曹洞賓主不同。三玄者。玄中玄。體中玄。句中玄。三要者。一玄中具三要。自是一喝中。體攝三玄三要也。金剛王寶劍者。一刀揮盡一切情解。踞地師子者。發言吐氣。威勢振立。百獸恐悚。眾魔腦裂。探竿者。探爾有師承無師承。有鼻孔無鼻孔。影草者。欺瞞做賊。看爾見也不見。一喝分賓主者。一喝中。自有賓有主也。照用一時行者。一喝中。自有照有用。一喝不作一喝用者。一喝中具如是三玄三要四賓主四料揀之䫫。大約臨濟宗風。不過如此。要識臨濟麼。青天轟霹靂。陸地起波濤山堂淳辨三玄門。臨濟曰。一句語。須具三玄門。一玄門須具三要。大機大用。其容以句義名數。劈析之邪。諸方問答玄要。亦只言如何是第一第二第三。汾陽偈曰。三玄三要事難分。得意忘言。道易親。一句明明該萬像。重陽九日菊花新。至古塔主始裂。為體中玄句中玄玄中玄。而三要。則說之不行。付諸瞞盰而已。此篇說臨濟門頭戶底。則且從。至三玄三要。則又墮塔主之覆轍矣。不可不辨。 > The Linji School embodies great capacity and great function. It breaks free from cages and escapes fixed patterns. Like a tiger's sprint or a dragon's dash, like stars racing and lightning striking, it turns the pivot of heaven and rotates the axis of earth. Bearing a soaring spirit, it employs extraordinary methods of guidance. Rolling and unrolling, capturing and releasing, killing and enlivening—all are done in complete freedom. Therefore, it demonstrates the Three Mysteries and the Three Essentials, the Four Relationships of Host and Guest, and the Four Discernments. The "Diamond King's Precious Sword," the "Lion Crouched on the Ground," the "Probing Pole," and the "Shadow Grass"—a single shout that does not function as a mere shout. A single shout that distinguishes host and guest. Illumination and function applied simultaneously. \*\*The Four Discernments are:\*\* \* For a person of middling or lower capacity: Seize the objective realm, but do not seize the Dharma. \* For a person of middling or higher capacity: Seize the objective realm and the Dharma, but do not seize the person Another version says 'seize the Dharma but not the realm' is incorrect.. \* For a person of the highest capacity: Seize both the person and the objective realm. \* For a person of transcendent capacity: Seize neither the person nor the objective realm. \*\*The Four Relationships of Host and Guest are:\*\* \* When the master has true perception: This is called the "Host within the Host." \* When the student has true perception: This is called the "Guest within the Host." \* When the master lacks true perception: This is called the "Host within the Guest." \* When the student lacks true perception: This is called the "Guest within the Guest." (This differs from the Host-Guest principle of the Caodong School.) \*\*The Three Mysteries are:\*\* The Mystery within the Mystery, the Mystery of the Essence, and the Mystery within the Phrase. \*\*The Three Essentials are:\*\* Each Mystery contains the Three Essentials. Thus, within a single shout, the essence encompasses the Three Mysteries and the Three Essentials. \* The \*\*"Diamond King's Precious Sword"\*\* severs all intellectual understanding with a single stroke. \* The \*\*"Lion Crouched on the Ground"\*\* refers to speech and expression that establish majestic power, terrifying all beasts and shattering the brains of demons. \* The \*\*"Probing Pole"\*\* tests whether you have a true lineage and true perception, or not. \* The \*\*"Shadow Grass"\*\* is like deception and trickery, testing whether you see through it or not. \* \*\*"A single shout that distinguishes host and guest"\*\* means that within one shout, there inherently exists the distinction of guest and host. \* \*\*"Illumination and function applied simultaneously"\*\* means that within one shout, there is inherent illumination and inherent function. \* \*\*"A single shout that does not function as a mere shout"\*\* means that within one shout are contained all such aspects: the Three Mysteries, the Three Essentials, the Four Relationships, and the Four Discernments. In general, the character of the Linji School is simply this. Do you wish to recognize Linji? It is a thunderclap in a clear blue sky. It is waves rising on dry land. Shantang Chun discussed the Three Mysteries. Linji said, "A single phrase must contain the Three Mysteries. Each Mystery must contain the Three Essentials." Its great capacity and great function—how can they be dissected and analyzed through literal meanings, terms, and categories? The various dialogues about the Mysteries and Essentials only ask, "What is the first, the second, the third?" Fenyang's verse says: "The matter of the Three Mysteries and Three Essentials is hard to divide. Grasping the meaning, forgetting the words, the Way is easily approached. One phrase, clearly, contains all phenomena. The Double Ninth Festival, the chrysanthemums anew." It was only from the time of the Ancient Pagoda Master that they were split into the Mystery of the Essence, the Mystery within the Phrase, and the Mystery within the Mystery. As for the Three Essentials, they became indescribable, left to obscurity and confusion. This text explains the gateway and foundation of the Linji School well enough, but regarding the Three Mysteries and Essentials, it unfortunately falls into the same error as the Pagoda Master. This must be clarified.