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title: "靈機禪師語錄 · 機緣"
description: "靈機禪師語錄是清代禪師靈機的語錄彙編，由弟子寂方等人根據駒本印行整理編纂。該書成書於清朝，反映了當時禪宗的發展面貌與修行風氣。內容主要記錄靈機禪師的法語、開示、機鋒對答及修行指導，強調直指人心、見性成佛的禪宗宗旨，語言簡潔深邃，富於啟發性。作為清代禪宗文獻的重要代表，本書對研究近代禪宗思想與實踐具有較高價值，為修行者提供了參究心性的實證指南，在佛教典籍中佔有一席之地。"
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## 靈機觀禪師語錄卷二

> Volume 2 of Chan Master Lingji Guan's Recorded Sayings

嗣法門人　清立　超學　超正　尚岑　等編

> Disciples of the Dharma Heirs: Qingli, Chaoxue, Chaozheng, Shangcen, et al. compiled

### 機緣

師在金粟侍者寮，因費老和尚問眾：「紫羅帳裏撒珍珠，意旨如何？」眾下語不恰，師云：「請和尚炤顧兩片皮。」尚云：「汝又作麼生？」師云：「行觀歸臥去也。」時空巖禪師舉似天水禪師：「今晚公案，惟機兄卻契老漢意。」水云：「也須問過。」師適至，水云：「今晚兄答老漢是什麼語？」師便掌，云：「還不知那？」水云：「也須問過。」

> The Master was in the Attendant's Quarters at Golden Chest. Elder Fei asked the assembly, \*\*"What is the meaning of scattering pearls within a purple gauze curtain?"\*\* None of the responses from the assembly were fitting. The Master said, \*\*"Please, Elder, mind your own mouth."\*\* Elder Fei said, \*\*"What about you, then?"\*\* The Master replied, \*\*"I’m going off to practice and sleep."\*\* Later, Chan Master Kongyan related this exchange to Chan Master Tianshui: \*\*"In tonight's case, only Brother Ji truly understood the Elder’s intent."\*\* Tianshui said, \*\*"We should still question him about it."\*\* Just then, the Master arrived. Tianshui asked, \*\*"Brother, what was that remark you made to the Elder tonight?"\*\* The Master immediately slapped him and said, \*\*"Still don't get it?"\*\* Tianshui said, \*\*"We should still question him about it."\*\*

一日，師在方丈前鏟艸，天水禪師問：「古人道：『法堂前艸深一丈。』為甚鏟卻？」師云：「恐兄無下腳處。」水回首指云：「艸漫漫地。」師云：「果然沒殺。」

> One day, the Master was weeding in front of the abbot's quarters. Master Tianshui asked him, "The ancients said, 'Before the Dharma hall, the grass grows ten feet tall.' Why are you cutting it down?" The Master replied, "I'm afraid you won't have a place to stand." Tianshui turned back, pointed, and said, "The grass stretches everywhere, boundless." The Master said, "Indeed, it's overwhelming."

一日，侍老和尚次，尚問：「大脩行人未審得何果報？」師云：「拖犁拽耙。」尚云：「大造業人得何果報？」師云：「端坐受供養。」尚云：「爭奈以善為惡、以惡為善？」師云：「和尚自生分別。」尚云：「如何是汝不分別底？」師云：「合取口。」尚休去。

> One day, while attending to the old master, the master asked, "What reward does a great cultivator of spiritual practice obtain?" The teacher replied, "Pulling a plow and dragging a harrow." The master asked, "What reward does a great maker of bad karma obtain?" The teacher replied, "Sitting upright and receiving offerings." The master said, "But this seems to confuse good with evil, and evil with good." The teacher replied, "It is the master who creates this distinction." The master asked, "What is your state of no distinction?" The teacher said, "Shut your mouth." The master fell silent.

一日，尚問：「如何是先炤後用？」師云：「把火捉賊。」「如何是先用後炤？」師云：「驀頭拶看。」「如何是炤用同時？」師云：「禍不單行。」「如何是炤用不同時？」師云：「鬧市裏打坐。」

> One day, Shang asked, "What is 'illuminating first, then functioning'?" The master said, "Light a torch to catch a thief." "What is 'functioning first, then illuminating'?" The master said, "Pounce on it head-on and see." "What is 'illuminating and functioning simultaneously'?" The master said, "Misfortune never comes singly." "What is 'illuminating and functioning not simultaneously'?" The master said, "Sitting in meditation in a busy market."

一日，尚口占云：「眾生有病，諸佛有病；諸佛有病，露柱有病。未審露柱犯底是甚麼病？」師云：「鍼劄不入底。」尚云：「還有轉身處麼？」師與一推便出。

> One day, Shang said, "Sentient beings are ill; all Buddhas are ill. All Buddhas are ill; the pillar is ill. I wonder, what illness does the pillar have?" The Master replied, "It's an illness that even a needle cannot penetrate." Shang asked, "Is there any way to turn around?" The Master pushed him and left.

一日，尚睡起，師適至，尚云：「方纔作得一夢，甚生奇特，夢見靈機要做善知識甚急。」師云：「和尚莫誣謗人。」尚云：「汝幾時得惺那？」師云：「老漢猶寐語在。」尚微笑。

> One day, Shang had just woken up when Master arrived. Shang said, "I just had a dream—very unusual. In it, Lingji was in haste to become a spiritual teacher." Master replied, "Reverend, please don't slander people." Shang asked, "When will you wake up?" Master said, "This old fellow is still talking in his sleep." Shang smiled faintly.

一日，因議論某禪師謬答人偷心未死，偷心已死話，尚顧師云：「設有人問汝：如何是偷心未死？」師云：「和尚問處不實。」「如何是偷心已死？」師云：「露也，露也。」

> One day, while discussing a Chan Master’s mistaken answer to the questions, "The thieving mind is not yet dead" and "The thieving mind is already dead," Master Shanggu said, "Suppose someone asks you: What does it mean that the thieving mind is not yet dead?" The Master replied, "Your question itself is not genuine." "What does it mean that the thieving mind is already dead?" The Master said, "It’s exposed, totally exposed."

師在金粟，因孝廉周君謨居士相別，問云：「保社源流已領教過，還別有著作麼？」師豎拳云：「只有者箇。」士擬議，師驀口一掌，士搖手云：「者些當不得。」師云：「將謂別有那？」士無語。時孤扣書記在傍云：「今日居士納敗闕。」士云：「同坑無异土。」師云：「陷殺居士了也。」士復無語。

> The Master was at Gold Millet Monastery. Layman Zhou, a scholar-official, was taking his leave and asked, "I've already received instruction on the lineage of our sangha—are there any other writings you have?" The Master raised his fist and said, "Only this one." The layman hesitated. The Master suddenly slapped him across the mouth. The layman waved his hand and said, "That won't do." The Master said, "Did you think there was something else?" The layman was silent. At that moment, Secretary Gu Kou, who was standing nearby, said, "Today, the layman has shown his defeat." The layman replied, "Same pit, no different dirt." The Master said, "You've trapped the layman now." The layman was again silent.

歲荒，師與唐琪園居士遊硤石仙人洞，遍踏屍骸，竟無覓處，遂歸。士謂師云：「今日仙人洞雖不見，卻向鬼窟裏走一遭。」師云：「居士幾時得出頭來？」士云：「大家在者裏。」師與士驀胸一拳，士乃笑。

> During a year of famine, the Master and Layman Tang Qiyuan visited the Grotto of the Immortals in Xiashi. They trod over scattered bones everywhere, yet found no trace of anything. So they turned back. The layman said to the Master, "Today, though we didn’t see the Immortals’ grotto, we certainly took a stroll through the Realm of Ghosts." The Master said, "Layman, when will you ever get your head above that?" The layman replied, "We’re all stuck here together." The Master suddenly punched the layman in the chest, and the layman laughed.

一日，師與唐居士路次，遇一童子引至仙人洞，洞上有臺，師先躍身而上，見士躡足徬徨，師云：「居士須向者裏懸崖撒手始得。」士以手揖云：「請先。」師微笑云：「又要拖帶在。」

> One day, the Master and Layman Tang met a young boy while traveling on the road. The boy led them to an Immortal's cave. Above the cave was a platform. The Master first leaped up onto it, then saw Layman Tang hesitating and pacing nervously below. The Master said, "Layman, you must let go while hanging from the cliff's edge to find your footing." The Layman clasped his hands in salute and replied, "Please go first." The Master smiled faintly and said, "Still dragging me along, are you?"

一日，普請種菜次，偶傍僧話及應時及節事，唐居士遽問：「如何是應時及節一句？」師云：「卻值種菜。」士云：「恁麼則根深蒂固去也。」師云：「須是恁麼始得。」

> One day, during the community's work planting vegetables, a monk nearby started talking about "responding to the season and the occasion." Layman Pang abruptly asked, "What is the phrase for responding to the season and the occasion?" The Master said, "It happens to be time for planting vegetables." The Layman said, "Then it will take deep root and firm hold." The Master said, "Only then can it be so."

雲表法師拜別，師云：「再住幾日去？」表云：「已飽觀了。」師云：「還有觀不及處麼？」表云：「且待後來。」師云：「要見便見，說甚後來？」表云：「不能得搆。」師云：「自生退屈。」

> Eminent Cloud said, "Why not stay a few more days?" Eminent Table replied, "I've already seen my fill." Eminent Cloud said, "Is there anything you still haven't seen?" Eminent Table said, "I'll see it later." Eminent Cloud said, "If you want to see it, you should see it now. Why talk about 'later'?" Eminent Table said, "I cannot grasp it." Eminent Cloud said, "You're giving up on yourself."

師問素慥：「正法眼藏既向瞎驢邊滅，卻將甚麼傳持？」慥豎拳，師云：「我不識者是甚麼？」慥云：「三世諸佛也不識。」師云：「不識底是甚麼？」慥便喝，師云：「者一喝落在甚處？」慥擬議，師直打出。

> The Master asked Su Zao, “Since the Treasury of the True Dharma Eye has already been extinguished by that blind donkey, what will you use to pass it on?” Su Zao raised his fist. The Master said, “I don’t know what this is.” Su Zao said, “Even the Buddhas of the three times don’t know.” The Master said, “Then what is this unknown thing?” Su Zao shouted. The Master said, “Where has this shout fallen?” Su Zao hesitated, and the Master directly struck him and drove him out.

則峰問：「雲門餅，趙州茶，撥擲一邊；無米飯，請師拈出。」師云：「塞卻你喉嚨。」峰云：「百雜碎了也。」師云：「還我碎底來。」峰一喝，師不肯。又一日參次，峰侍立，師云：「塞卻你喉嚨，你作麼生？」峰出禮拜：「謝和尚慈悲，某甲一生受用不盡。」師云：「你爭生受用？」峰打師一掌，拂袖便出。師趕至門外，打一掌云：「未信道在。」

> Zefeng asked: "The cake of Yunmen, the tea of Zhaozhou—setting them aside for now. I ask you, Master, to bring out the rice-less meal." The Master replied: "I will stuff it down your throat." Zefeng said: "It's completely shattered." The Master said: "Give me back what shattered." Zefeng let out a shout. The Master did not approve. Another day during a meeting, Zefeng stood in attendance. The Master said: "Stuffing it down your throat—what do you do now?" Zefeng stepped forward, bowed, and said: "Thank you, Master, for your compassion. I will never use this up in my entire life." The Master said: "How will you use it?" Zefeng struck the Master with his palm and flicked his sleeve as he left. The Master chased him to the door, struck him with his palm, and said: "Still not convinced, eh?"

杭州居士同本境數文學入寺茶次，師問：「老居士何處？」士云：「仁和。」士指諸文學云：「者數位俱是楊墳底老虎。」師云：「難得居士敢與同伴。」士云：「不入虎穴，焉得虎子？」師云：「須知者裏是陷虎坑。」士相顧愕然而去。

> A layperson from Hangzhou, along with several local literati, came to the temple for tea. The master asked, "Venerable layperson, where are you from?" The layperson replied, "Renhe." Then, pointing to the scholars, the layperson said, "These gentlemen are all tigers from Yang's grave." The master said, "It’s remarkable that you dare to keep company with them, layperson." The layperson replied, "If you don’t enter the tiger’s den, how can you capture the tiger cub?" The master said, "You should know that this place is a tiger trap." The layperson and the others looked at each other in shock and then left.

僧問：「萬法歸一，一歸何處？」師云：「老鼠鑽地洞。」僧云：「意旨如何？」師云：「七穿八穴。」

> A monk asked, "All dharmas return to the One—where does the One return to?" The master replied, "A mouse burrows into an earthen hole." The monk asked, "What does that mean?" The master said, "Bursting through on all sides."

師問泊如：「汝在金粟打七，有甚麼得力處麼？」如云：「一切現成。」師驀伸手云：「拈出現成底來與我看。」如無語。師云：「又不現成了。」如云：「一念回機，便同本得。」師云：「如何是汝本得一句？」如豎拳。師云：「死了燒了又作麼生？」如起身繞三匝。師云：「不用打之遶，向上道將來。」如云：「鼻孔大頭垂。」師云：「者是娘生已前底？娘生已後底？」如擬議，師將茶驀面潑。

> The master asked Boru, "During the meditation retreat at Gold-Sandalwood Monastery, what did you gain?" Boru replied, "Everything is already perfect." The master suddenly reached out his hand and said, "Then show me something perfect you can hold." Boru was silent. The master said, "Now it’s no longer perfect." Boru said, "The moment the mind turns back, it returns to the original essence." The master asked, "What is your original essence?" Boru raised his fist. The master said, "What about after you die and are cremated?" Boru stood up, circled around three times. The master said, "Don’t dance around. State it directly, going beyond." Boru said, "The nostrils hang big-headed." The master asked, "Is that from before birth or after birth?" Boru hesitated. The master splashed tea at his face.

如海禪者呈偈云：「也不讚，也不罵，有耳如聾，有口如啞，萬古一青松，蓋覆四天下。」師云：「我卻不恁麼。」如云：「和尚作麼生？」師云：「讚則任讚，罵則任罵，有耳不聾，有口不啞，白棒頭邊解轉身，孤風凜凜爍天下。」

> Chan master Ru Hai presented a verse: "Neither praise nor blame— Ears as if deaf, mouth as if mute. Through ages, one green pine, Shading the four corners of the world." The master said, "That's not how I see it." Ru Hai asked, "How then, venerable sir?" The master said: "Praise if they praise, blame if they blame— Ears not deaf, mouth not mute. Turn around from the white staff's edge, A solitary wind blazes, blinding the world."

師問雪溪維那：「世尊拈花，迦葉為甚麼微笑？」溪云：「南山起雲，北山下雨。」師云：「將甚麼喚作正法眼藏？」溪豎拳，師云：「不得喚作拳頭，又作麼生？」溪便喝，師云：「喝後聻？」溪云：「禮拜和尚去也。」師休去。

> The master asked the supervisor Xue Xi: "When the World-Honored One held up a flower, why did Mahakashyapa smile?" Xue Xi said: "Clouds rise over the southern mountain; rain falls over the northern mountain." The master said: "What do you call the Treasury of the True Dharma Eye?" Xue Xi raised his fist. The master said: "If you can't call it a fist, then what is it?" Xue Xi shouted. The master said: "After the shout, what then?" Xue Xi said: "I bow to you, Master." The master let it go.

僧問：「國師三喚侍者，意旨如何？」師驀喚巡炤，僧無語，師便打。進云：「便恁麼會時如何？」師云：「還我端的來。」進云：「蒼天！蒼天！」師云：「何曾夢見？」

> A monk asked, "The National Teacher called his attendant three times—what is the meaning of this?" The Master abruptly called out for his attendant Shunzhao. The monk was silent, and the Master struck him. The monk pressed further: "If I understand it just like this, what then?" The Master said, "Bring me the clear and precise truth." The monk cried out, "Heavens! Heavens!" The Master replied, "When have you ever even dreamed of it?"

師問心調：「心猿意馬，日夜奔忙，汝作麼生調？」調面熱，師掌云：「狂性未歇。」

> The master asked Xin Tiao, "Your monkey-like mind and horse-like thoughts race and scurry day and night—how do you manage it?" Xin Tiao's face grew hot. The master struck him with his palm and said, "Your frantic nature has not yet settled."

天昂問：「世尊初生，天上天下惟我獨尊，為甚卻被雲門打殺？」師云：「強人慣奪強人手。」昂云：「雲門具何眼目，敢行此令？」師云：「一棒打殺與狗子喫。」昂云：「後代兒孫普天匝地，還有與他出氣者麼？」師便驀胸推出。

超質侍次，師云：「莫被那人惑亂。」質云：「恁他風浪起，只是不開船。」師云：「汝憑何伎倆便與麼道？」質云：「男兒自有通天志。」便出。師云：「看腳下。」

師問星幢：「今朝觀音誕日，將甚慶誕？」幢云：「將此身心奉塵剎。」師云：「用許多身心作麼？」幢云：「和尚又作麼生？」師云：「不在盃盤上，清茶也醉人。」

居士問：「既是演武場，因甚干戈不動？」師云：「少見敵手。」僧問：「既是無上醫王，因甚有病？」師云：「知心者少。」

密如初入侍寮禮拜，師問：「鳥窠吹布毛，侍者悟去。我無布毛吹，汝又作麼生？」密云：「今日為侍者。」師云：「權且安汝單。」

師因肚痛，只端為師揉肚，驀喚云：「只端！」端應諾。師云：「我喚只端，汝為甚答應？」端云：「和尚喚，某甲應。」師云：「不是，不是。」端云：「將謂有第二箇那？」師云：「作麼生是第一箇？」端云：「揉肚底。」師云：「揉肚底不是只端。」端云：「猶隔一重在。」師云：「如何道得透徹句？」端云：「揉出肚腸來。」師云：「猶隔一重在。」

師問只端：「天不能蓋，地不能載，是箇甚麼？」端一喝。師云：「汝還知者一喝漏逗麼？」端無語，師便喝。端云：「某甲喝，和尚亦喝，端的在甚處？」師急喚云：「道！道！」端擬議，師便推出。

歲旱，師垂問：「既是資福，合應受用，因甚累及諸人忍飢不暇？」眾答：「不恰至。」卬云：「不是苦心人不知。」

脩六問：「弟子蒙師指示，會得作用邊事，但自己本分事實未透脫。」師云：「汝試摸取眉毛還在麼？」六云：「分明現成，只是未免有疑。」師云：「古人道：開口成雙橛，揚眉落二三，擬心動念，卻又不是。汝作麼生會？」六無語，師打云：「不得向鬼窟裏作活計。」六又無語，師良久云：「還會麼？」六云：「會箇甚麼？」師云：「禮拜了，向汝道。」六便禮拜，師轉身大笑，閉卻門，六復推開門擬問，師直打出。

社木問：「有眼底人看不見，有口底人道不得，和尚作麼生？」師云：「正要覓者箇人。」社禮拜，師云：「會麼？」社云：「不會。」師呵呵大笑便行。

師客黃檗藏閣，有僧問：「德山棒、臨濟喝，意旨如何？」師云：「就向德山棒、臨濟喝處領略。」僧云：「和尚還有為人處也無？」師云：「又要別商量。」僧喝，師便打，云：「且道意旨如何？」僧又喝，師咦一聲。僧少頃呈偈云：「驀面清風過經閣，德山、臨濟處領略，金毛獅子解翻騰，踏透重關真快樂。」師云：「如何是汝快樂境界？」僧舉起兩袖作舞而出，師云：「少賣弄。」

一晚，眾侍立，師舉：「五祖演和尚云：『譬如水牯牛過窗櫺，頭角四蹄都過了，因甚尾巴過不得？』諸兄弟作麼生會？試道道看。」時唯觀禪客出眾云：「用窗櫺作麼？」師云：「尾巴聻？」進云：「喚什麼作尾巴？」師云：「正是汝疑底。」進云：「縱橫去也。」師以手作牽拽勢，云：「還在者裏。」觀擬議，師云：「何曾得縱橫？」觀便喝，師云：「遲了八刻。」觀禮拜，師呵呵大笑，歸方丈。

僧驀豎拳，問云：「喚作者箇，則頭上安頭；不喚作者箇，猶落無記。請問和尚：畢竟喚作甚麼？」師云：「沒開交漢最可愁。」僧禮拜，師云：「畢竟喚作甚麼？」僧復豎拳，云：「爭奈者箇何？」便轉身，師打一棒，云：「未在。」

問：「家破人亡時如何？」師云：「還我憑據來。」僧答不恰。至晚落堂，令眾下語，皆不契。次日，琰石至室中云：「家破人亡，覓一物了不可得，和尚更索甚麼憑據？」師云：「若無憑據，你者臭皮囊從何處來？」石禮拜云：「昨被和尚錐劄，偶成一偈云：全憑一箇赤拳頭，打得須彌顛倒走，大地群峰盡著忙，虛空笑破半邊口。」師云：「只如有人笑你，又作麼生？」石一喝，師云：「未識笑在。」石努目云：「醜陋也不識。」師云：「是誰醜陋？」石拂袖便出，師云：「大好識醜陋。」

問：「如何是父母未生前底面目？」師云：「第二番來向你道。」僧進步，云：「第二番來了也。」師云：「原是起先。」議，師便打出。

問：「閑雲片片，欲住未住；碧水涓涓，欲去未去。未審資福以何拘繫？」師云：「截斷去住，你作麼生出身？」僧云：「男兒若識自家珍，隨處青黃總是春。」師云：「你即今是住？是去？」僧云：「且禮一拜。」師劈脊打，云：「切莫忘卻者一棒。」

問：「一句截流，萬機侵削。請問和尚是那一句？」師舉拄杖，云：「當陽直指，識者知歸。」僧禮拜，云：「恁麼則隨他去也。」師擉退，云：「艸裏漢。」

師問茹檗書記：「我適纔問殿主：『釋迦老子名什麼？』渠無對。汝道名什麼？」檗云：「切忌頭上安頭。」師哂之。

心持入室禮拜，師云：「是誰？」持云：「梅月。」師云：「是誰海月？」持云：「自叫還自應。」師云：「自叫還自應底端的是誰？」持走出，師云：「將謂有兩箇。」

師問：「薦穀堂中事作麼生？」進云：「深領和尚者一問。」師云：「如何是深領底意？」進云：「有意氣時添意氣，不風流處也風流。」師云：「大似喫飯咬著砂。」

師問僧：「人人本具，箇箇不無，本具箇什麼？不無箇什麼？」僧豎起一拳云：「且道是有是無？」師云：「死了燒了聻？」僧便喝，師云：「死了燒了，者一喝落在何處？」僧云：「遍界不曾藏。」師休去。

問：「三聖云：『一千五百人善知識，話頭也不識。』且道雪峰過在甚麼處？」師云：「不用念言語，須憑正眼開。」僧禮拜，云：「今日謝恩有分。」師云：「作麼生是你謝恩底意？」僧云：「親見和尚。」師云：「辜負我不少。」僧喝，師便打。僧擬議，師云：「果然。」

典座問：「舉一不得舉二，放過一著，落在第二。意旨如何？」師云：「要向汝道，恐汝不信。」進云：「只如人從天台來，卻往徑山去，又作麼生？」師云：「分付典座自安排。」進云：「六六三十六。」師云：「如何是最初一著底？」座震威一喝，石劈頭便打。師又問一僧：「水牯牛作麼生？」僧云：「早已收入欄。」師與一掌，云：「何不道：出入自由？」

殷道人為僧，師問：「鬚髮已除，僧相現前，如何是超佛越祖底意？」殷罔措，師便喝，殷禮拜，師劈脊一拳，云：「睡眼未開，徒勞話會。」

師一日喚悅眾語浪，問云：「堂中有幾多禪師？」浪云：「連公務三十位。」師云：「幾箇惺惺？幾箇瞌睡？」進云：「珊瑚枝枝撐著月。」師云：「南山起雲，為甚麼北山下雨？」進云：「大家在者裏。」師便與一掌，云：「打濕眉毛。」師舉前話問粲玄侍者云：「設問著你堂中幾多禪師，你作麼生答？」進云：「瞞不得和尚。」師云：「瞞不得你底是惺惺？是瞌睡？」進云：「一任分別。」師云：「作麼生是你不分別底？」者便喝，師便將扇敲板壁三下。

師問法立書記：「馬祖一喝，意旨如何？」立云：「覿面全提。」師云：「百丈三日耳聾又作麼生？」立云：「腦後一輪紅。」師打，云：「是賞？是罰？」立便禮拜，師云：「何曾識好惡？」

師問茹檗首座：「德山道：『我宗無語句，亦無一法與人。』作麼生會？」座云：「大小德山舌頭拖地。」師云：「汝向甚處見德山？」座便喝，師便打。

師問燦衲侍者：「達磨來東土作甚麼？」衲云：「西方日出卯。」師云：「意旨如何？」衲云：「何人眼不開？」師云：「也須端的始得。」衲珍重，便出。

一日，師喚祖量侍者云：「山僧要覓箇悟底人與他證據。」量云：「他從來不迷，悟箇甚麼？」師云：「作麼生是不迷底意？」量云：「一堂風冷澹，千古意分明。」師云：「分明一句又作麼生？」量云：「目前是和尚，此間是學人。」師云：「目前無上座，此間無山僧。又如何是？」云：「清風拂明月。」師云：「者猶是境邊事。」量云：「和尚作境會那？」師云：「你不作境會，作麼生會？」量與師一掌，師便打，量禮拜云：「太親切。」師以杖擉退。

嵩菴藏主應雲溪請辭行，師拈拂云：「與汝表信。」菴云：「本色住山人要者箇作甚麼？」師云：「若無者箇，將甚麼傳持？」菴撲師膝云：「恁麼則知恩報恩去也。」便禮拜，師劈脊一拳云：「記取，記取。」

僧問：「靈雲見桃花云：『自從一見桃花後，直至如今更不疑。』如何是不疑底？」師云：「鼻孔大頭垂。」進云：「玄沙道：『諦當甚諦當，敢保老兄未徹在。』那裏是未徹處？」師云：「逆浪取金鱗。」

師與非眼上座喫茶次，師云：「惠州離曹溪多少路？」眼云：「八百里。」師云：「曾到大庾嶺麼？」眼云：「到。」師云：「當時明上座因甚提不起？」眼擬議，師云：「鷂子過新羅。」

師問二函：「撥艸瞻風，只圖見性，你性在甚處？」函一喝，師云：「此一喝未有端的在。」函云：「將謂別有那？」師云：「作麼生是你不別有的？」函無語，師打云：「將謂別有那？」

師問銕山書記：「如何是你胸襟句子？」山云：「甕裏何曾走卻鱉？」師云：「你試打破甕來。」山云：「出頭天外看，誰是我般人？」師起身打一拄杖，歸方丈，山隨後掌云：「已是喪身失命了也。」師復轉身打一拄杖，山禮拜。

明心問：「古人道：『七日不悟，截去老僧頭。』一七已完，還有悟底麼？」師云：「有。」心云：「箇中有幾人？」師便打，心禮拜云：「謝和尚證明。」師云：「證明且置，那裏是你悟處？」心云：「千聖也不識。」師又打，心喝一喝，師復打。

一日，師問祖量侍者云：「靈雲見桃花，悟箇甚麼？」量云：「鼻孔大頭垂。」師云：「玄沙不肯，又作麼生？」量云：「誰人知此意，令我憶玄沙？」師云：「畢竟是何意旨？」量彈指一下，師云：「山僧不會者般消息。」量云：「作家宗師，天然猶在。」師云：「毒氣逼人。」量云：「某甲罪過。」便禮拜，師休去。

師問擇元：「世尊拈花，意旨如何？」擇云：「覿體賣風流。」師云：「迦葉微笑又作麼生？」擇云：「忍俊不禁。」師云：「只如不拈花、不微笑又如何？」擇云：「逢人且說三分話，未可全拋一片心。」師云：「道得一半。」

僧問：「如何是父母未生前本來面目？」師云：「破米篩。」

師問：「萬法是心光，諸緣皆性曉，本無迷悟人，只要今日了。既本無迷悟，又要了箇甚麼？」祖量侍者云：「從前汗馬無人識，秪要重論蓋代功。」師云：「更須脫盔卸甲。」

師問幻觀侍者：「老僧末後有所分付，你還承當得麼？」者云：「承當得。」師云：「你作麼生承當？」者驀豎拳云：「撐天拄地。」師云：「阿誰不願？」

僧問：「學人不知安身立命處，請師決疑。」師云：「大眾看你敗闕。」僧擬議，師便打。

僧問：「虛空粉碎，大地平沉，和尚還有為人處麼？」師云：「有。」僧云：「作麼生是和尚為人處？」師云：「待虛空粉碎，大地平沉時向汝道。」僧云：「粉碎久矣。」師云：「贓證在甚處？」僧喝，師便打。僧擬拜，師以杖擉退，云：「脫空妄語漢！」

師問：「雪覆千山，因甚孤峰不白？」僧云：「突出難辨。」師云：「既然突出，為甚卻難辨？」僧云：「某甲亦不知。」師云：「不知如何會？」僧展手云：「看！看！」師以拄杖擉退。

僧問：「臨濟問黃檗的的大意，三度被打。某甲問和尚的的大意又作麼生？」師云：「有棒不打你。」僧云：「為甚不打？」師云：「只為你不識的的大意。」僧禮拜云：「知恩者少，負恩者多。」師打云：「就是你一箇。」

僧問：「香嚴在百丈會下，問一答十，問十答百，為甚到溈山便開口不得？」師云：「只為劄著他痛處。」僧禮拜，師云：「會了禮拜？不會禮拜？」僧云：「不會。」師劈脊便棒。

僧問：「大死的人卻活時如何？」師云：「截斷舌頭看。」僧無語，師云：「古人道：『不許夜行，投明須到。』與山僧道底還有優劣也無？」僧擬議，師云：「切忌停囚長智。」

僧問：「大冶紅爐烹佛祖，還有不受烹者麼？」師云：「有。」僧云：「請出相見。」師云：「站過一邊。」僧禮拜，師云：「墮也，墮也。」

僧問：「如何是父母未生前本來面目？」師云：「古廟裏香爐。」又僧問：「如何是父母未生前本來面目？」師云：「適纔向那僧道，汝作麼生會？」僧云：「不會，請和尚方便。」師云：「無人覷得破。」

僧問：「一口吸盡西江水，意旨如何？」師云：「還有船隻往來麼？」僧云：「有。」師云：「既有船隻往來，如何吸得盡？」僧擬議，師便打。

僧問：「牛頭未見四祖時如何？」師云：「蹄角甚分明。」「見後又如何？」師云：「疲倦嬾翻身。」

僧問：「如何是學人父母未生前本來面目？」師以杖指云：「穿卻鼻孔。」僧罔措，師便打。

僧問：「無夢無想，主人公在甚麼處？」師云：「五里一牌。」又一居士問：「如何是弟子本分事？」師云：「十里一舖。」

僧問：「萬法歸一，一歸何處？」師云：「一溪流水碧。」僧云：「學人不會，請師再示。」師云：「千山起白雲。」

僧問：「興化打克賓，意旨如何？」師云：「翻轉面皮看。」僧罔措，師便打。

僧問：「既是法身無相、法眼無瑕，因甚有丈六金身？」師云：「你又著相。」僧擬議，師云：「一莖艸蓋卻。」

僧問：「打死某甲也不會，和尚別有方便也無？」師云：「有。」僧云：「有何方便？」師便打。

僧問：「魯祖面壁，意旨如何？」師云：「思量不到。」僧云：「南泉恁麼道又如何？」師云：「驢年去。」僧云：「知音不在頻頻舉。」師云：「未必，未必。」

僧問：「見見之時，見非是見，見猶離見，見不能及。如何是見不及處？」師云：「拖來拽去甚分明。」進云：「與麼則看破了也。」師云：「如何是汝看破處？」進云：「夾路桃花風雨後，馬蹄何處避殘紅？」師云：「一場狼藉。」

僧問：「文殊是七佛之師，因甚出女子定不得？」師云：「有本多失利。」「罔明是初地菩薩，因甚出得女子定？」師云：「無錢使萬千。」

僧問：「如何是父母未生前本來面目？」師云：「你道赭山鹽多少觔？」僧無語，師打云：「無地頭漢。」

僧問：「有句無句，如藤倚樹。樹倒藤枯，句歸何處？」師云：「葛藤滿地。」

僧問：「狗子為甚無佛性？」師云：「逢人便咬殺。」進云：「為甚又道有？」師云：「見主便搖尾。」

僧問：「不見一法是為大過，且道是甚麼法？」師云：「是你疑的法。」僧禮拜，云：「謝師指示。」師云：「明得什麼邊事？」僧云：「知音不必頻頻舉，達者方知暗裏驚。」師云：「猶是靴裏動指。」師復云：「逐夜與諸兄弟東挑西撥，不曾有箇咬豬狗底漢子，還有咬豬狗底漢子麼？」眾無語，師以杖旋風打散，僧向師背後抱住，云：「作麼？作麼？」師便打，僧便走，師復喚問云：「正當恁麼時，還容得你作麼作麼？」僧禮拜，云：「是學人心麤。」師云：「須是還我一轉語，若道不得，打斷你驢腰。」

僧問：「溈山道：『向山前檀越家作頭水牯牛。若喚作溈山，卻是水牯牛；若喚作水牯牛，卻又是溈山。畢竟喚他作甚麼？』」師捏僧鼻云：「是溈山？是牯牛？」

僧問：「承和尚有言：『若是悟底人，如龍得水。』學人到者裏，進前無路，退後無門時如何？」師打，云：「快走！快走！」進云：「謝師指示。」師云：「猶在死水裏。」

副戎大翁魏居士呈偈：「學道無別旨，無心便廓然，巍巍大自在，此外別無禪。」師云：「一句當天八萬門。汝會麼？」進云：「我無一切心，何用一切法？」師云：「滴水豈是大海？」進云：「一口吞盡。」師云：「莫是龐公麼？」士禮拜，師哂之。

夜坐，師垂問：「老瞿曇睹明星悟道，且道悟箇甚麼？」眾無語，師云：「幸然答不得，免教惹禍端。」

僧問：「鐘樓上念讚，床腳下種菜，是何意旨？」師云：「望空啟告。」

僧問：「古鏡未磨時如何？」師云：「我見你見。」僧云：「磨後如何？」師云：「彼此不相識。」

僧問：「如何是佛？」師云：「向你道不得。」僧擬議，師打一棒，云：「情知你承當不起。」

僧問：「趙州無，意旨如何？」師云：「當門震塗毒。」僧便喝，師打云：「腦裂也不知。」

僧問：「一火燒卻，畢竟者箇在甚處？」師云：「山前驢喫艸。」

僧問：「般若以何為體？」師豎拳云：「會麼？」僧云：「會。」師云：「你作麼生會？」僧云：「露也，露也。」師云：「未露已前是何面目？」僧擬議，師便掌。復問侍者：「未露已前是何面目？」者云：「遍界不曾藏。」師笑云：「喫飯咬著砂。」

僧問：「某甲因和尚棒下會得箇活句。」師云：「甚麼活句？」進云：「風吹殿角鈴兒響。」師云：「猶是隨境漂流。」

僧問：「既是本有之事，因甚描不成？畫不就？」師打云：「會麼？」進云：「會得底因甚眉毛又在眼上？」師云：「眉毛若不在眼上，又會箇甚麼？」僧禮拜，師云：「敗也，敗也。」

師問僧：「世尊三昧，因甚迦葉不知？」僧云：「金不博金。」師云：「迦葉三昧，因甚世尊不知？」僧云：「水不洗水。」師云：「金不博金，水不洗水，相去多少？」僧云：「和尚分疏看。」師云：「你辨別眼何在？」僧無語，師便打。

僧問：「進一步則腳下艸深三尺，退一步則平地上死人無數，不進不退猶落今時。請問和尚：如何是透脫一句？」師云：「園頭自領去。」僧拜，師云：「更要覓透脫在。」僧起身，云：「拖泥帶水去也。」師打，云：「何曾得透脫？」

僧問：「毫釐繫念，三途業因，直饒一念不生，猶是死水裏浸殺。請問和尚：如何得出窠臼去？」師云：「山僧不敢動著汝。」僧云：「因甚不敢動著？」師云：「要汝自翻身。」僧云：「翻身去也。」師打，云：「大須仔細。」

僧問：「猛虎擒羊，如何救得活？」師厲聲云：「者死畜生。」僧便出，師云：「活也，活也。」

僧問：「古人云：『有句無句，如藤倚樹。』如何是有句？」師云：「露柱立庭前。」進云：「如何是無句？」師云：「水上浮漚任去來。」進云：「樹倒藤枯，句歸何處？」師云：「你還識問話底麼？」進云：「更不覓知音。」師云：「自倒自起漢。」

僧問：「學人捉倒家賊，請師判斷。」師云：「早已據款結案。」進云：「且道此人還有功也無？」師云：「又作別商量。」進云：「從前汗馬無人識。」師云：「剖胸露膽幾人知？」

僧問：「昏沉散亂，不得自由。」師劈面掌云：「惺惺著。」進云：「領略不來。」師云：「青天白日，瞌睡作麼？」僧喜躍而出。

僧問：「能為萬象主，不逐四時凋。春至百花問，秋來黃葉飄。如何是不凋底意？」師云：「赤骨露堂堂。」僧禮拜，師打云：「還會麼？」僧云：「赤骨露堂堂。」師云：「學我來也。」僧又拜，師云：「墮也，墮也。」

僧問：「內不放出，外不放入，以何為界？」師云：「內不放出，外不放入，我道無可為界。」進云：「如何得翻身去？」師云：「須是上座始得。」僧便喝，師便打。問：「不在內，不在外，不在中間，畢竟在甚麼處？」師云：「覿面卻相逢。」問：「趙州訪二菴主，主一般豎拳，因甚麼肯一不肯一？」師云：「分身兩處看。」僧便拜，云：「能殺能活，能縱能奪。」師云：「語不離窠，墮在葛藤。」問：「走盡千山與萬山，趙州柏子悟由難。」師云：「覿面赤條條。」

僧問：「未結制以前，人人氣宇如王；打七以後，箇箇為甚冰消瓦解？」師云：「爭得到者裏？」進云：「忽有箇冷灰豆爆底人到來，如何接待？」師云：「但向他冰消瓦解處看取。」僧云：「恁麼則有意氣時添意氣，不風流處也風流。」師云：「風流意氣從甚處得來？」僧喝，師便打。問：「一塵纔起，大地全收。秪如一塵未起，大地收箇甚麼？」師云：「覿面露堂堂。」師拈杖示僧，云：「山僧喚作拄杖，你喚作甚麼？」僧豎指，師打，云：「且道是同？是別？」僧一喝，師云：「未夢見在。」

僧問：「盡大地是學人自己，和尚向甚麼處安身立命？」師云：「你還知落處麼？」僧禮拜，師云：「會了拜？不會了拜？」僧擬議，師便打，云：「空開許大口。」乃曰：「麻三觔也是者箇面目，乾矢橛也是者箇面目，殿裏底也是者箇面目。既是者箇面目，諸人為甚不會？」遂以拄杖打散。

僧問：「馬祖畫一圓相封送徑山，欽師向圓相中下一點，意旨如何？」師云：「你又落在圈套裏。」僧擬議，師打，云：「急須出頭來。」進云：「學人也有一轉語，窮坑填不滿。」師云：「從上尊宿各有悟門，大須仔細咬嚼，切忌攀扯葛藤。諸人還得悟門也未？出來通消息看。」一僧出，云：「咬嚼也是爛葛藤。」師云：「如何是離卻葛藤一句？」進云：「學人到者裏開口不得。」師云：「既有口，為甚麼開不得？」僧便禮拜，師云：「雖然，啞子喫黃連。」次日，問：「趙州洗缽孟話，未審有指示？無指示？」師云：「會取啞子喫黃連。」進云：「知心能幾人？」師云：「切忌自道。」問：「萬法歸一，畢竟一歸何處？」師捏住鼻子，云：「一歸何處？」僧擬議，師打一掌，云：「會麼？」僧云：「不會。」師云：「不會底，他時後日挑了去。」

僧問：「今朝臘月三十日，福嚴法道無消息，請師指出箇中元，令我一生大事畢。」師云：「你但瞠開兩眼看。」進云：「此是學人分上事，如何是和尚為人一句？」師劈頭便棒。進云：「福嚴法道也只得一棒。」師云：「何曾夢見一棒來？」進云：「大眾證明。」師云：「痛癢也不知。」

重塑先老和尚開光日，僧問：「朕兆未分即不問，神光點出意如何？」師云：「開眼便見。」進云：「恁麼則老和尚儼然猶在。」師云：「你分上作麼生？」進云：「大眾沾恩有地。」師打云：「者一棒少汝不得。」進云：「謝和尚指示。」師云：「未在。」

僧問：「善財參妙高峰，意旨如何？」師云：「你還見山僧麼？」進云：「別峰相見又作麼生？」師打云：「還不領會。」問：「文殊為七佛之師，因甚出女子定不得？」師云：「張公多喫酒。」進云：「罔明乃下方菩薩，為甚卻出得女子定？」師云：「李老面皮紅。」

僧問：「學人方纔親見本來面目。」師云：「恁麼則卻成兩箇。」

僧問：「一切眾生皆有如來智慧德相，只因妄想執著而不證得。某甲妄想頓除，作麼生證？」師云：「青天白日又說夢。」進云：「唯此一事實，餘二則非真。」師云：「作麼生是你底真？」僧一喝，師便棒。

僧問：「南泉斬貓，意旨如何？」師云：「一刀兩段。」進云：「此是古人道底，如何是和尚為人處？」師云：「你道古人鼻孔與山僧鼻孔還分別得麼？」進云：「一串穿卻。」師便打。進云：「秪如趙州頂艸鞋又作麼生？」師云：「也是賊過後張弓。」僧展兩手，師復打一棒。

僧問：「人人有箇影子，因甚踏不著？」師云：「踏著即禍生。」進云：「杲日當空，因甚被片雲遮卻？」師云：「切忌瞞昧。」問：「竹篦子，學人放下了。」師云：「作麼生是放下底消息？」僧展兩手，師云：「猶要抖搜在。」

僧問：「祖祖相傳即不問，通身慶快時如何？」師云：「將何憑據？」僧豎左拳，師云：「一火燒卻時如何？」僧豎右拳，師云：「拈一放一，有甚了期？」

僧問：「芭蕉示眾云：『你有拄杖子，與你拄杖子。』既有，作麼生與？」師云：「富贈黃金。」進云：「『你無拄杖子，奪你拄杖子。』既無，又如何奪？」師云：「貧思索債。」

僧問：「百年三萬六千朝，翻覆原來是者漢，秪如枕子落地，又悟箇甚麼？」師打一棒，云：「打破棺材見活人。」

僧問：「人人有箇本來面目，學人因甚不識？」師云：「岸上蹄踏蹄，水裏嘴對嘴。」

僧問：「南泉斬貓，意旨如何？」師云：「刀下看取。」進云：「趙州戴艸鞋又作麼生？」師云：「證父攘羊。」

師法體違和，魏大翁副戎入山問安，師把住云：「汝道山僧在甚處？」魏云：「蓋天蓋地。」師付素珠云：「昔時盧行者，今日魏居士。」士云：「又來塗污。」師云：「分明記取，無忘此山。」

擇元問：「四大本空，五蘊非有，向甚處與和尚相見？」師云：「此問復何來？」擇云：「與麼則地獄天堂留不住，鑊湯爐炭獨稱尊。」師云：「你向爐炭中拈出些子看。」擇云：「意氣不從天地得，男兒行處火消冰。」師打云：「且道是賞你？罰你？」擇云：「謝師證明。」師又打。

問：「萬法歸一，一歸何處？」師云：「飯須隨眾喫，屎急自家屙。」

居士問：「和尚髮長，為何不剃？」師云：「從來不欠少。」士云：「僧俗也須分明。」師云：「誰與汝論僧論俗？」士以手指師，師微笑云：「又道僧俗不分明。」