儒士
Confucian Scholar
張拙秀才因看佛名經。乃問長沙岑禪師云。百千諸佛但聞其名。未審居何國土。師云。黃鶴樓崔顥題後。秀才還曾題不。云不曾題。師云無事也好題取一篇。
Scholar Zhang Zhuo, while reading the Sutra of Buddha Names, asked Chan Master Shen of Changsha, "I've heard the names of all the hundreds of thousands of Buddhas, but where exactly do they live?" The Master replied, "After the famous yellow crane tower poem by Cui Hao was inscribed, have you ever written a poem for it yourself?" Zhang said, "No, I haven't." The Master said, "Well, if you have nothing to do, you might as well inscribe one."
佛眼遠云。大眾。秀才問佛居何國土。長沙為甚麼却恁麼道。秀才尋常嘲風詠月。為甚麼長沙面前一辭不措。若是黃鶴樓有甚麼難題處。聽取山僧題破。遂云。容顏甚奇妙。光明照十方。我昔曾供養。今復還親覲。 南堂靜云。當時若是南堂。待他問百千諸佛但聞其名未審居何國土。只向道秀才秀才何得貴耳而賤目。
The Buddha's Eye said to the assembly: "A scholar once asked, 'In which land do the Buddhas reside?' Why did Changsha respond in such a way? This scholar was usually skilled at playing with words and poetry, so why was he left speechless in front of Changsha? If it were the Yellow Crane Tower, what would be so difficult about that? Let me break it down for you." He then recited:
"His countenance is most wondrous and subtle, His light illumines the ten directions. In the past, I made offerings to him, And now I come to behold him once again."
Nantang Jing said: "If it had been me at that time, when the scholar asked, 'We have only heard the names of countless Buddhas—where do they actually dwell?' I would have simply said, 'Scholar, scholar, why do you value what you hear but disregard what you see?'"
死心新頌云。黃鶴樓前法戰時。百千諸佛竪降旗。渠無國土居何處。留得多才一首詩。 靈源清云。聞名直下驚天地。更問所居成年滿。回首却登歸去路。家家門口透長安。 南華昺云。百千諸佛聞名久。國土莊嚴何處求。覿面若無精徹眼。又隨船子下揚州。 禾山方云。千佛靈蹤莫別求。長沙機轉有來由。要知覿面難藏處。黃鶴樓前鸚鵡洲。寶峯明云。百千諸佛但聞名。國土何曾不現成。自是不歸歸便得。五潮煙景有誰爭。 大洪遂云。黃鶴樓詩崔顥題。古今吟詠韻難齊。秋空月影千江印。春晚流鶯是處啼。
Master Sixin's Verse: At Yellow Crane Tower, when the Dharma was being contested, Hundreds and thousands of Buddhas raised white flags and surrendered. No homeland does he inhabit—where does he dwell? Leaving behind only the talent of a single poem.
Master Lingyuan Qing's Verse: Upon hearing his name, it directly shakes heaven and earth. If you further ask, "Where does he reside?"—you've grown old. Turning your head, you step back onto the path homeward: At every family's gate, you can pass straight through to Chang'an.
Master Nanhua Bǐng's Verse: Hundreds and thousands of Buddhas have long heard his name. A majestic land—where do you seek it? If your penetrating eye is not clear before you, You'll follow the boatman downstream to Yangzhou.
Master Heshan Fang's Verse: Do not seek elsewhere the traces of a thousand Buddhas. The turning mechanism of Changsha comes with reason. Know that it's hard to hide what's right before your eyes: It is the Parrot Island beneath Yellow Crane Tower.
Master Baofeng Ming's Verse: One has only heard the names of hundreds and thousands of Buddhas. When has the Buddha-land ever not been readily at hand? You haven't returned of your own accord—return and you'll get it. Over five lakes' misty scenes, who is there to contend?
Master Dahong Sui's Verse: The Yellow Crane Tower poem was written by Cui Hao. Throughout ages past and present, its rhyme is hard to match. The moonlight of autumn skies is mirrored in a thousand rivers. The oriole's spring evening songs are heard everywhere.
龐居士一日向丹霞前叉手立。少時却出去。霞不顧。士却來坐。霞乃向士前叉手立。少時便入方丈。士云。汝入我出。未有事在。霞云。這老翁出出入入。有甚了期。士云略無些子慈悲。霞云引得這漢到這田地。士云把甚麼引。霞乃拈起居士幞頭云。却似一箇老師僧。士却拈幞頭安霞頭上云。一似箇少年俗人。霞應諾三聲。士云猶有昔日氣息在。霞乃拋却幞頭云。大似箇烏紗巾。士乃應諾三聲。霞云昔時氣息爭忘得。士彈指三下云動天動地。
Layman Pang once stood before Master Danxia with folded hands. After a moment, he turned and left. Danxia paid him no attention. Layman Pang returned and sat down, at which Danxia stood before him with folded hands. After a short while, Danxia entered the abbot's quarters. Layman Pang said, "You enter as I leave — there's still unfinished business here." Danxia replied, "This old man comes and goes. When will it ever end?" Layman Pang said, "You show absolutely no compassion." Danxia said, "Yet it was you who led this fellow to this state." Layman Pang asked, "What did you use to lead me?" Danxia then picked up Layman Pang's headscarf and said, "It looks just like an elderly monk's." Layman Pang took the headscarf and placed it on Danxia's head, saying, "And it looks just like a young layman's." Danxia responded with three shouts of assent. Layman Pang said, "You still have the flavor of former days." Danxia then threw away the headscarf and said, "It's identical to a black gauze cap." Layman Pang responded with three shouts of assent. Danxia said, "Why can't you forget that old flavor?" Layman Pang snapped his fingers three times and said, "It moves heaven and earth."
佛鑑懃云。丹霞與龐老閙市裏相逢。千峯頂上握手。千峰頂上相逢。却向閙市裏握手。如鐘在架。隨扣發音。大擊大鳴小擊小響。聲非內出亦非外來。只如未扣已前聲在何處。各自歸堂究取。 大溈智云。丹霞與龐老終日用神通是處遊歷。盡全身徧界中。還知麼。千峯勢到嶽邊止。萬派流歸海上融。 塗毒䇿云。平易中嶮峻。斷絕處復續。龐公三度扣關。丹霞三回格下。可謂風行草偃水到渠成。撿點將來。佛事門中則可。衲僧分上全無。祇如衲僧分上又作麼生。覿面機鋒如同電拂。咄。
Chan Master Fojian Qin said: "When Danxia and Elder Pang met in the bustling marketplace, they clasped hands on the peaks of a thousand mountains. When they met on a thousand peaks, they clasped hands in the marketplace. It is like a bell in its frame: it sounds when struck. Strike it hard, it rings loud; strike it softly, it rings soft. The sound does not come from within the bell, nor does it arise from outside. But before it is struck, where is the sound? Each of you, return to your seats and investigate this."
Chan Master Dawei Zhi said: "Danxia and Elder Pang used their spiritual powers all day long, journeying everywhere. Their entire bodies filled the whole world. Do you understand? The thousand peaks end only at the foot of the great mountain; the ten thousand streams melt together when they reach the sea."
Chan Master Tuzi Ce said: "Amidst the ordinary, there is steep danger. Where it is cut off, it continues again. Elder Pang knocked on the gate three times; Danxia blocked the pass three times. This can be called 'the wind blows and the grass bends, the water flows and the channel is formed.' But if you examine it closely, it is acceptable within the realm of Buddhist rituals. In the domain of a true practitioner, it is completely useless. What, then, is the domain of a true practitioner? Meeting face to face, the sharp point of the mind is like a flash of lightning. *Duck!*"
南堂靜頌云。燒木佛老有甚心肝。賣笊籬翁家破人殘。相追相逐相激相歎。難難。倚天長劒兮射斗光寒。攪海蒼龍兮不觸波瀾。看看。家家有路透長安。
胡釘鉸謁保壽沼禪師。師云莫便是胡釘鉸麼。云不敢。師云還釘得虗空不。云請和尚打破來。師便打。胡云莫錯打某甲。師云汝向後遇多口阿師與你點破在。胡後到趙州舉前話問。不知某甲過在甚處。州云只這一縫尚不柰何。胡於此有省。(廣燈小異)
雪竇顯云。我要打這三箇漢。一打趙州不合瞎却胡釘鉸眼。二打保壽不能塞斷趙州口。三打胡釘鉸不合放過保壽。師驀拈拄杖云。更有一箇。大眾一時走退。乃擊禪床一下。 大溈喆云。這漢雖然省去。可惜趙州。當時待他道某甲過在甚處。劈脊便棒。非但承他保壽威光。亦乃與叢林為龜為鑑。鼓山珪頌云。一縫分明在。當頭下手難。饒君釘鉸得。終是不圓全。 徑山果云。直饒釘得這一縫。點檢將來非好手。可憐兩箇老禪翁。却向俗人說家醜。
雲門偃禪師問僧。光明寂照徧河沙。豈不是張拙秀才語。僧云是。師云話墮也。
Cloud Gate Yan Chan Master asked a monk, "Does 'Brilliance shines everywhere, illuminating all the sands of the Ganges' come from Layman Zhang Zhuo's words?" The monk replied, "Yes." The master said, "Your words have fallen into error."
徑山杲云。驢揀濕處尿。 復庵封云。向道莫行山下路。果聞猿呌斷腸聲。 法雲秀云。甚處是話墮處。忽有人問法雲。如何是祖師西來意。只對伊道話墮也。還會麼。具眼底辨取。 月庵果云。雲門大師張幔天網撈龍打鳳。這僧不覺入他陷穽中落他綣繢裏。若是福嚴即不然。纔見伊舉道豈不是張拙秀才語。但向道未到雲門不妨疑著。然雖如是。也是賊過後張弓。
禾山方頌云。叶路縱橫得自由。牢關捩轉妙全收。箇中密意人難會。喝下須教水倒流。 月菴果云。萬丈龍門勢倚空。懸崖撒手辨魚龍。時人只看絲綸上。不見蘆花對蓼紅。 踈山如云。問來答去無偏黨。鐵壁銀山作麼通。縱奪臨機言話墮。遂令千古動悲風。
禪林類聚卷第一