師云。金陵府。清涼法燈禪師。諱泰欽。性豪逸。不事事。眾易之。獨法眼偉其器。眼問眾。虎項上金鈴。甚人解得。眾無對。燈適至。眼問之。燈曰。繫者解得。眼順世。燈奉旨住清涼。開堂謂眾云。山僧本欲跧棲巖竇。又緣清涼老人有不了底公案。今日出來為他分析。法燈先自帶三百斤鐵枷。猶自便爭好鬬。論州嚇縣。太煞不顧危亡。李後主為鄭王時。先參法眼。問燈。先師有甚不了底公案。燈云。現分析底。主吐舌。可謂識法者恐。這僧問如何是不了底公案。與刑人腐夫爭衡。著甚來由。燈便打。黃狗作罪。黑狗受殃。推過不是好手。謝他却不謾人道。祖禰不了。殃及兒孫。忽若兒孫不了。殃及祖禰。這棒本合法燈倒招。累他法眼上梁不正。這僧既當斷不斷。更問過在什麼處。抱贓呌屈。再犯不容。法燈自合盡令而行。更道過在我。殃及你。如來禪即不無。祖師禪未夢見在。翠巖芝道。為眾竭力。禍出私門。可謂切中其病。雲峰悅道。這老漢一期與奪。也似絕後光前。及乎拶著。又却龍頭蛇尾。如今莫有為清涼作主底麼。萬松道。念和尚年尊。天童拈云。這僧若是箇漢。出來便與掀倒禪牀。不唯自己有出身之路。亦免見祖禰不了殃及兒孫。法燈分析。這僧掀倒禪牀。天童分析。也合照顧脚下。萬松席下。忽有箇出來。大棒趂出三門外。還見後主吐舌處麼。險。

The Master said: "At Jinling Prefecture, the Pure Dharma Lamp Chan Master, whose monastic name was Taiqin, was by nature unrestrained and free-spirited. He didn’t bother with ordinary affairs, and the community looked down on him. Only Fayan recognized his potential. Fayan once asked the assembly: 'Who can untie the golden bell from a tiger’s neck?' No one could answer. Just then, Falun (Taiqin) arrived. Fayan asked him the same question. Falun replied: 'The one who tied it can untie it.' After Fayan passed away, Falun received an imperial decree to reside in the Pure Dharma Temple.

When he opened the hall to teach, he said to the assembly: 'This mountain monk originally wished to hide away in a rocky cave. But because the old master Liangqing (Fayan) left behind an unfinished case, I’ve come out today to analyze it for everyone.'

Falun was already carrying a three-hundred-pound iron cangue himself, yet he still wanted to show off, fighting across the provinces, threatening counties—utterly disregarding danger.

When Li Houzhu was still the Prince of Zheng, he first studied with Fayan. He asked Falun: 'What unfinished case did our late master have?' Falun replied: 'This one I’m analyzing right now.' The Prince stuck out his tongue in surprise. This shows that one who knows the Dharma is afraid.

This monk asked: 'What is the unfinished case?'

Falun struck him.

One man commits a crime, another innocent man receives the punishment. Shifting blame is not the skill of a master. Deflecting justice is dishonest.

If the ancestors couldn’t finish it, it falls on their descendants. But if the descendants fail, it also falls back on the ancestors.

This blow was due to Falun himself, but it entangled Fayan, like an upper beam being crooked. Since this monk was indecisive when he should have decided, he even asked: 'Where is my fault?' like clutching stolen goods while crying injustice. If nothing else, there can be no second chance. Falun should have fully applied the rule, yet he said: 'The fault is mine, but it affects you.'

Though they talk of Tathagata Chan, they haven’t even dreamt of Ancestral Chan.

Cuanyan Zhi said: 'Exerting oneself for the assembly leads to personal misfortune.' This truly hits the mark.

Yunfeng Yue said: 'This old fellow, in his giving and taking, seemed unprecedented. But when pressed, he ended up with a dragon’s head and a snake’s tail.'

Now, is there anyone who can act as the master for this context? Wansong said: 'Consider that the monk is old.'

Tiantong commented: 'If this monk were a man, he would have stepped forward and overturned the meditation bench. Not only would he have found his own path, but he wouldn’t have seen the ancestors’ failure affect their descendants. Falun analyzed. For this monk to overturn the meditation bench, Tiantong would have needed to watch his own step.'

If, under Wansong’s seat, someone suddenly appeared, I would drive him out with a big stick beyond the third gate.

Do you see where the Later Lord stuck out his tongue? (Dangerous!)"