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Song of Ancient Harmony Collection (頌古合響集)

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Ming · by 徹(尼).符(尼)合頌 張有譽輯並序

8,670 · about 29 min

The Songgu Hexiang Ji is a collection of Buddhist verse compiled and prefaced by the lay Buddhist Zhang Youyu during the Ming Dynasty. This work assembles the responsive verses and poetic exchanges between the two bhikṣuṇīs, Cheni and Funi. Its content primarily revolves around Chan (Zen) gong'an and essential Buddhist doctrines, offering literary exposition through poetic form to express insights into Chan principles. Compiled against the backdrop of the Buddhist revival in the late Ming period, the collection blends literary artistry with religious depth, reflecting the interactions between lay Buddhists, monastics, and the development of Chan thought at that time. As a rare collaborative poetic document by bhikṣuṇīs, this collection not only demonstrates the spiritual accomplishments of Buddhist women in the Ming era but also serves as an important reference for the study of Chan philosophy and Buddhist literature, holding a distinctive place within the corpus of Chinese Buddhist texts.


頌古合響集敘
大圓居士張有譽撰
缾盤釵釧鎔作一金,若非擲地出聲,與瓦礫何異?所以馬祖震威一喝,百丈三日耳聾,祗為言中有響。臨濟向一句內別出宮商律呂,翻成日午打三更,從此遞代兒孫蘇嚧㗭哩。莊子註郭象,未容擬議主賓分;蝴蝶夢莊周,離相離名人不稟。帶累婆生七子,不遇知音。水月雲山一時拋卻,數百年後方得無著與他出氣。不費一文錢買箇庄上油餈,一喝便出。大慧堂中直得五音並奏,二聽難聞,遂將從上古德一串穿卻,呈橈舞棹別宮商,至今無人和得。大慧沒五百年,繁音雜興,靈嵒老人出而還之,正始座下繼響無著。者兩人:一則玅湛總道人、一則靈瑞符菴主也。道人名家子,適徐門,其翁殉節隨州,贈太僕卿。祖翁為少司馬,家傳忠孝,忽焉大雅云亡,風吹別調,厭棄世相,晨夕同符菴主苦志力參。一日,讀靈嵒錄,如寒谷忽遇陽春,亟趨參請,老人一見,以大丈夫目之。夫亡畢葬,即詣山剃染,受具足戒,隨眾參請。老人每令下語,痛加錐劄,寢食俱廢,驀地撥著向上關捩,與符菴主唱拍相隨,兩口無一舌。老人為之助喜,囑令加護,嗣後不復肯遜無著,獨步取其頌古和之:踏翻平江萬斛舟,嚼碎徑山𨍏轢鑽。即兩人亦各各不相借,鐘中無鼓響,鼓中無鐘聲。共以質老人,老人曰:「此可稱合響矣。」大圓讀之大驚,不待供通,知其各各詣實也。雖然,面目現在,有耳共聞,喚甚麼作響?直饒會得響,更問甚處是他合處?若道是合,則字經三寫,烏焉成馬;若道不合,則一點水墨,兩處成龍。知其解者,旦暮遇之,方信簷前雨、偃溪水、瓦礫擊竹、柳上啼鶯,總是這箇響;凌行哭、俞婆笑、呼小玉、掌趙州,也是這箇響;德山棒、臨濟喝、乾矢橛、麻三斤,也是這箇響。此響亦能悟卻天下人,亦能聾卻天下人。悟則佛法無多,一句了然超百億;聾則向下文長,直得五年分疏不下。即今還有向蝴蝶夢中別得宮商者麼?請以此響懸之通衢,一任諸人東考西擊,使天下學者雖無心欲聞,聞之皆死。其中即有犯四重禁及五無間,聞是響已,亦作無上菩提遠因,豈啻扶孤危而摧軟煖、愧鬚眉而冠巾幗也哉?

頌古合響集

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