No. 1396-A天台無見覩禪師語錄序
宗門嫡派。祇論真贋。不論隱顯。真得正法眼。常作人天師者。雖埋踪剷影。而千載精光自然迸現。玉潤山輝。珠藏川媚。神物呵護。不可得而埋沒也。達磨西來。至曹溪祖而別為五。臨濟正傳。至無準範而別為二。斷橋倫與雪巖欽。其雙鵰竝擊。兩驥偕馳者也。後來一翔一集。一躍一潛。總在大機大用。不可思議中。擔當佛祖慧命。豈假聲施烜赫。與世法角門庭哉。無見覩和尚。為斷橋嫡骨嫡髓兒孫。而介菴進和尚。則無見之十三世墮地獅孫也。此錄自元丁酉。歷明迄今丁酉。恰三百年。而嚮來藏之名山。傳之其人者。忽從龍宮海藏推出。俾金明介和尚得拂拭而光大之。亦大奇特因緣矣。天台自智者大師。以至大寂高菴諸名宿。卓杖華頂。響振諸方。而無見和尚乃能於高寒孤僻之地。展一坐具。閱盡四十春秋。足跡不離戶限。而道價洋溢。奔走歸依。拈提開示。悉從一毛頭現寶王剎。微塵裏轉大法輪。稱性而談。機鋒聳峻。視世間語言文字逼塞虗空者。何啻千里萬里哉。紀實讚頌。具在金華黃晉卿學士序。國清曇噩大師塔銘。雙徑元叟端禪師䟦中。足當千秋攷證也。順治丁酉季龝中澣日。國子司業前戊辰二甲進士。虞部郎副廷尉。曹溪弟子福徵𭬥李道一居士埽菴譚貞默槃談撰。
The authentic lineage of the Chan school values only what is genuine, not whether it is hidden or revealed. Those who truly attain the Dharma Eye and often serve as teachers for both humans and celestial beings—even if they conceal their traces and obscure their presence—will naturally radiate brilliance through the ages. Like jade moistened and mountains glowing, pearls hidden yet rivers charming, spiritual beings protect them, ensuring they cannot be buried or forgotten.
Since Bodhidharma came from the West, the lineage branched into five at the Sixth Patriarch Huineng of Caoxi. The authentic transmission of the Linji school further divided into two under Master Wuzhun Shifan. Masters Duanqiao Lun and Xueyan Qin were like a pair of eagles striking together, two steeds galloping side by side. Later, whether soaring or alighting, leaping or diving, they always operated within the great function and inconceivable power, upholding the wisdom-life of the Buddhas and patriarchs. How could they rely on fame and splendor or compete with worldly methods for recognition?
Master Wujian Du was the direct descendant, inheriting the very bones and marrow of Duanqiao. Master Jie'an Jin, in turn, is the thirteenth-generation descendant of Wujian, a lion cub born to the lineage. This record, from the Dingyou year of the Yuan dynasty to the present Dingyou year of the Ming, spans exactly three hundred years. Long hidden in famous mountains and passed on to worthy individuals, it has now unexpectedly emerged from the dragon palace and ocean treasury, allowing Venerable Jinming Jie to polish and illuminate it. This is indeed a profoundly extraordinary karmic connection.
Since Master Zhiyi of the Tiantai school, through renowned masters like Daji and Gao'an, who planted their staffs on Huading Peak and resonated throughout the realms, Master Wujian was able to spread his sitting mat in a high, cold, and secluded place. There, he spent forty years without ever stepping beyond his threshold, yet his reputation for the Way overflowed, drawing people to rush and take refuge. His pointers and teachings all revealed the jeweled king's land in a single hair-tip and turned the great Dharma wheel within a speck of dust. Speaking from the nature itself, his sharp and towering insights stand worlds apart from the worldly language and writing that merely clutter emptiness.
The factual accounts and praises are fully recorded in the preface by Academician Huang Jinqing of Jinhua, the stupa inscription by Master Tan'e of Guoqing Temple, and the colophon by Master Yuanshou Duan of Shuangjing Temple. These serve as enduring testimony for a thousand autumns.
Written on the middle decade day of the late autumn in the Dingyou year of the Shunzhi reign, by Tan Zhenmo, styled Pantan, a lay disciple of Caoxi with the Buddhist name Fuzheng Youli Daoyi, formerly a National University instructor, a second-class jinshi of the Wuchen year, and an official in the Ministry of Works and Deputy Chief of the Court of Judicial Review.