Records of the Transmission of the Lamp, Volume Ten

州牧請師與寶壽入廳供養。令人傳語。請二長老譚論佛法。壽曰。請師兄答話。師便喝。壽曰。某甲話也未問。喝作麼。師曰。猶嫌少在。壽卻與一喝。

The prefect invited the Master and Baoshou into the hall to make offerings. He had someone convey the message: please, the two elders, discuss the Buddha dharma. Baoshou said, 'Please, senior brother, answer.' The Master shouted. Baoshou said, 'I have not even asked a question—why shout?' The Master said, 'Still think it too little, do you?' Baoshou gave a shout in return.

新羅國智異山和尚

The Venerable of Mount Jiri, Silla

一日示眾曰。冬不寒。臘後看。便下座。

One day he addressed the assembly: 'Winter is not cold; wait until after the twelfth month.' And he left the seat.

常州善權山徹禪師

Chan Master Che of Mount Shanquan, Changzhou

僧問。祖意．教意。是同是別。師曰。冬寒夏熱。曰。此意如何。師曰。炎天宜散袒。冬後更深藏。

A monk asked, 'The Patriarch's meaning and the teaching's meaning—are they the same or different?' The Master said, 'Winter cold, summer hot.' The monk said, 'What does that mean?' The Master said, 'In scorching weather it suits one to throw open the robe; after winter comes, one hides more deeply.'

金沙和尚

The Venerable of Jinsha

僧問。如何是祖師西來意。師曰。聽。曰。恁麼則大眾側聆。師曰。十萬八千。

A monk asked, 'What is the meaning of the Patriarch's coming from the West?' The Master said, 'Listen.' The monk said, 'Then the assembly cocks its ear.' The Master said, 'A hundred and eight thousand.'

齊聳禪師

Chan Master Qisong

僧問。如何是佛。師曰。老僧並不知。曰。和尚是大善知識。為甚麼不知。師曰。老僧不曾接下機。問。如何是道。師曰。往來無障礙。復曰。忽遇大海。作麼生過。僧擬議。師便打。

A monk asked, 'What is the Buddha?' The Master said, 'This old monk does not know at all.' The monk said, 'The Reverend is a great good friend—why do you not know?' The Master said, 'This old monk has never met a capable student.' A monk asked, 'What is the Way?' The Master said, 'Coming and going without obstruction.' He also said, 'If you suddenly meet a great ocean, how will you cross it?' The monk started to deliberate, and the Master struck him.

雲山和尚

The Venerable of Yunshan

有僧從西京來。師問。還將得西京主人書來否。曰。不敢妄通消息。師曰。作家師僧。天然有在。曰。殘羹餿飯誰吃。師曰。獨有闍黎不甘吃。其僧乃作吐勢。師喚侍者曰。扶出這病僧著。僧便出去。師見僧來。便作起勢。僧便出去。師曰。得恁麼靈利。僧便喝曰。作這箇眼目。承嗣臨濟。也太屈哉。師曰。且望闍黎善傳。僧回首。師喝曰。作這箇眼目。錯判諸方名言。隨後便打。

A monk came from the Western Capital. The Master asked, 'Did you bring a letter from the master of the Western Capital?' The monk said, 'I would not presume to pass on news falsely.' The Master said, 'An expert master monk, naturally he has it.' The monk said, 'Who eats leftover soup and stale rice?' The Master said, 'Only you, Acarya, are unwilling to eat it.' The monk then made as if to vomit. The Master called an attendant and said, 'Help this sick monk out.' The monk went out. When the Master saw a monk coming, he made as if to rise. The monk went out. The Master said, 'How nimble.' The monk shouted and said, 'With eyes like that, to inherit from Linji is a great injustice.' The Master said, 'I hope the Acarya will pass it on well.' The monk turned his head. The Master shouted and said, 'With eyes like that, you misjudge the words of every quarter.' And then he struck him.

虎谿庵主

The Master of Huxi Hermitage

僧問。庵主在這裡多少年也。師曰。祗見冬凋夏長。年代總不記得。曰。大好不記得。師曰。汝道我在這裡得多少年也。曰。冬凋夏長。聻。師曰。閙市裡虎。僧到相看。師不顧。僧曰。知道庵主有此機鋒。師鳴指一下。僧曰。是何宗旨。師便打。僧曰。知道今日落人便宜。師曰。猶要棒吃在。有僧才入門。師便喝。僧默然。師便打。僧卻喝。師曰。好箇草賊。有僧到。近前曰。不審庵主。師曰。阿誰。僧便喝。師曰。得恁麼無賓主。曰。猶要第二喝在。師便喝。有僧問。和尚何處人事。師曰。隴西人。曰。承聞隴西出鸚鵡。是否。師曰。是。曰。和尚莫不是否。師便作鸚鵡聲。僧曰。好箇鸚鵡。師便打。

A monk asked, 'How many years has the Hermitage Master been here?' The Master said, 'I only see winter wither and summer grow; I never remember the years at all.' The monk said, 'Very good that you do not remember.' The Master said, 'How many years do you say I have been here?' The monk said, 'Winter withers and summer grows—well?' The Master said, 'A tiger in the busy marketplace.' A monk came to look him over, and the Master paid him no heed. The monk said, 'I know the Hermitage Master has this sharpness.' The Master snapped his fingers once. The monk said, 'What is the principle?' The Master struck him. The monk said, 'I know that today I have come out the loser.' The Master said, 'You still want a blow, do you?' A monk had just entered the gate when the Master shouted. The monk was silent. The Master struck him. The monk then shouted. The Master said, 'What a fine straw bandit.' A monk came and, drawing near, said, 'Greetings, Hermitage Master.' The Master said, 'Who is it?' The monk shouted. The Master said, 'So you have no host or guest.' The monk said, 'You still want a second shout, do you?' The Master shouted. A monk asked, 'Where is the Reverend from?' The Master said, 'A man of Longxi.' The monk said, 'I hear Longxi produces parrots; is that so?' The Master said, 'Yes.' The monk said, 'Is the Reverend perhaps one of them?' The Master then made a parrot's cry. The monk said, 'What a fine parrot.' The Master struck him.

覆盆菴主

The Master of Fupen Hermitage

問僧。甚處來。僧曰。覆盆山下來。師曰。還見菴主麼。僧便喝。師便打。僧曰。作甚麼。師住棒。僧擬議。師又打。一日。有僧從山下哭上。師閉卻門。僧於門上畫一圓相。門外立地。師從菴後出。卻從山下哭上。僧喝曰。猶作這箇去就在。師便換手搥胸曰。可惜先師一場埋沒。僧曰。苦。苦。師曰。菴主被謾。

He asked a monk, 'Where have you come from?' The monk said, 'From below Mount Fupen.' The Master said, 'Did you see the Hermitage Master?' The monk shouted. The Master struck him. The monk said, 'What are you doing?' The Master held back his stick. The monk started to deliberate, and the Master struck him again. One day a monk came weeping up from below the mountain. The Master shut the door. The monk drew a circle on the door and stood outside. The Master came out from behind the hermitage and went weeping up from below the mountain. The monk shouted and said, 'Still playing at this go-and-stay, are you?' The Master then changed hands and beat his chest, saying, 'A pity that my late teacher's whole life was buried.' The monk said, 'Misery, misery.' The Master said, 'The Hermitage Master has been fooled.'

桐峰菴主

The Master of Tongfeng Hermitage

僧問。和尚這裡忽遇大蟲。作麼生。師便作大蟲吼。僧作怖勢。師大笑。僧曰。這老賊。師曰。爭奈老僧何。有僧到菴前便去。師召闍黎。僧回首便喝。師良久。僧曰。死卻這老漢。師便打。僧無語。師呵呵大笑。有僧入菴便把住師。師呌。殺人。殺人。僧拓開曰。呌喚作甚麼。師曰。誰。僧便喝。師便打。僧出外回首曰。且待。且待。師大笑。有老人入山參。師曰。住在甚處。老人不語。師曰。善能對機。老人地上拈一枝草示師。師便喝。老人禮拜。便歸菴。老人曰。與麼疑殺一切人在。

A monk asked, 'If the Reverend here suddenly meets a tiger, what then?' The Master made a tiger's roar. The monk made as if terrified. The Master laughed aloud. The monk said, 'This old thief.' The Master said, 'What can you do to this old monk?' A monk came to the front of the hermitage and then left. The Master called, 'Acarya!' The monk turned his head and shouted. The Master was silent a long while. The monk said, 'This old fellow is dead.' The Master struck him. The monk said nothing. The Master laughed heartily. A monk entered the hermitage and at once grabbed hold of the Master. The Master cried, 'Murder, murder!' The monk pushed him away and said, 'What are you yelling for?' The Master said, 'Who is it?' The monk shouted. The Master struck him. The monk went outside, turned his head, and said, 'Wait a bit, wait a bit.' The Master laughed aloud. An old man came into the mountain to call. The Master said, 'Where do you live?' The old man said nothing. The Master said, 'Good at responding to the moment.' The old man picked up a blade of grass from the ground and showed it to the Master. The Master shouted. The old man bowed and went back to his hermitage. The old man said, 'This will kill everyone with doubt.'

杉洋菴主

The Master of Shanyang Hermitage

有僧到參。師問。阿誰。曰。杉洋菴主。師曰。是我。僧便喝。師作噓聲。僧曰。猶要棒吃在。師便打。僧問。菴主得甚麼道理。便住此山。師曰。也欲通箇來由。又恐遭人點檢。僧曰。又爭免得。師便喝。僧曰。恰是。師便打。僧大笑而出。師曰。今日大敗。

A monk came to call. The Master asked, 'Who is it?' The monk said, 'The Master of Shanyang Hermitage.' The Master said, 'That is me.' The monk shouted. The Master made a shushing sound. The monk said, 'You still want a blow, do you?' The Master struck him. The monk asked, 'What principle did the Hermitage Master attain, that he dwells on this mountain?' The Master said, 'I too would like to give a reason, but I fear being picked over by others.' The monk said, 'How can you avoid it?' The Master shouted. The monk said, 'Exactly so.' The Master struck him. The monk laughed aloud and went out. The Master said, 'Today I am badly beaten.'

定上座

Upadhyaya Ding

初參臨濟。問。如何是佛法大意。濟下禪床擒住。師擬議。濟與一掌。師佇思。傍僧曰。定上座何不禮拜。師方作禮。忽然大悟。後南遊。路逢巖頭．雪峰．欽山三人。巖頭問。上座甚處來。師曰。臨濟來。巖曰。和尚萬福。師曰。和尚已順世也。巖曰。某甲三人特去禮拜。薄福不遇。不知和尚在日有何言句。請上座舉一兩則。師遂舉臨濟上堂曰。赤肉團上。有一無位真人。常在汝等諸人面門出入。未證據者看看。時有僧問。如何是無位真人。濟下禪床搊住曰。道。道。僧擬議。濟拓開曰。無位真人是甚麼乾屎橛。巖頭不覺吐舌。雪峰曰。臨濟大似白拈賊。欽山曰。何不道赤肉團上非無位真人。師便擒住曰。無位真人與非無位真人。相去多少。速道。速道。欽山被擒。直得面黃面青。語之不得。巖頭．雪峰曰。這新戒不識好惡。觸忤上座。且望慈悲。師曰。若不是這兩箇老漢。𡎺殺這尿床鬼子。師在鎮府齋。回到橋上坐次。逢三人座主。一人問。如何是禪河深處。須窮到底。師擒住。擬拋向橋下。二座主近前諫曰。莫怪觸忤上座。且望慈悲。師曰。若不是這兩箇座主。直教他窮到底。

At first he called on Linji and asked, 'What is the great meaning of the Buddha dharma?' Linji got down from the meditation platform and seized him. The Master started to deliberate. Linji gave him a slap. The Master stood pondering. A monk nearby said, 'Upadhyaya Ding, why do you not bow?' The Master was just bowing when he suddenly had a great awakening. Later he traveled south and on the road met three men: Yantou, Xuefeng, and Qinshan. Yantou asked, 'Where has the Upadhyaya come from?' The Master said, 'From Linji.' Yantou said, 'Ten thousand blessings on the Reverend.' The Master said, 'The Reverend has already passed from the world.' Yantou said, 'We three came especially to pay our respects, but our slender merit did not meet him. We do not know what words he spoke in his day; please, Upadhyaya, bring up one or two of them.' The Master then brought up how Linji ascended the hall and said, 'On the lump of red flesh there is a true person of no rank, who constantly goes in and out at the face-gate of all you people. Those who have not yet verified it, look!' At that time a monk asked, 'What is the true person of no rank?' Linji got down from the platform and grabbed him, saying, 'Speak, speak!' The monk started to deliberate. Linji pushed him away and said, 'The true person of no rank—what is he but a dried shit-stick?' Yantou could not help putting out his tongue. Xuefeng said, 'Linji is very much like a white-handed thief.' Qinshan said, 'Why did he not say, on the lump of red flesh there is no true person of no rank?' The Master then grabbed him and said, 'The true person of no rank and no true person of no rank—how far apart are they? Speak quickly, speak quickly!' Qinshan, being held, turned yellow and blue in the face and could not get a word out. Yantou and Xuefeng said, 'This newly ordained one does not know good from bad and has offended the Upadhyaya. We beg your compassion.' The Master said, 'Were it not for these two old fellows, I would have smashed this bed-wetting devil to death.' When the Master was at a feast in the prefectural town, he was sitting on the bridge on his way back when he met three masters of the lecture seat. One of them said, 'What is the deep place of the Chan river, that one must fathom it to the bottom?' The Master grabbed him and made as if to throw him off the bridge. The other two masters came forward to remonstrate: 'Do not take offense at the Upadhyaya. We beg your compassion.' The Master said, 'Were it not for these two masters, I would have made him fathom it to the bottom.'

奯上座

Upadhyaya Huo

離臨濟參德山。山才見。下禪床作抽坐具勢。師曰。這箇且置。或遇心境一如底人來。向伊道箇甚麼。免被諸方檢責。山曰。猶較昔日三步在。別作箇主人公來。師便喝。山默然。師曰。塞卻這老漢咽喉也。拂袖便出(溈山聞舉雲。奯上座雖得便宜。爭奈掩耳偷鈴)。又參百丈。茶罷。丈曰。有事相借問得麼。師曰。幸自非言。何須甌茶。丈曰。與麼則許借問。丈曰。收得安南。又憂塞北。師擘開胷曰。與麼不與麼。丈曰。要且難搆。要且難搆。師曰。知即得。知即得(仰山雲。若有人知得此二人落處。不妨奇特。若辨不得。大似日中迷路)。

He left Linji and called on Deshan. Deshan had barely seen him when he got down from the meditation platform and made as if to draw out his sitting cloth. The Master said, 'Set that aside for now. If someone comes whose mind and surroundings are one, what will you say to him, so as not to be censured by every quarter?' Deshan said, 'You are still three steps behind the old days. Come out as a different master.' The Master shouted. Deshan was silent. The Master said, 'I have sealed up this old fellow's throat.' And he shook out his sleeve and left. (When Weishan heard of it he said, 'Though Upadhyaya Huo got the better of it, what can he do about covering his ears while stealing the bell?') Again he called on Baizhang. After tea, Baizhang said, 'There is a matter I would like to ask about; may I?' The Master said, 'Happily it is beyond words—why need a bowl of tea?' Baizhang said, 'If so, then I am permitted to ask.' Baizhang said, 'You have taken Annan, and now you worry about the north of the passes.' The Master opened his chest and said, 'Like this, not like this.' Baizhang said, 'Still it is hard to grasp, still it is hard to grasp.' The Master said, 'To know is to get it; to know is to get it.' (Yangshan said, 'If someone does not know where these two men stand, he is quite extraordinary. If one cannot tell, he is very much like a man who loses his way in broad daylight.')

南嶽下六世

Sixth Generation below South Mountain

興化獎禪師法嗣

Dharma heirs of Chan Master Xinghua Jiang

汝州南院慧顒禪師(亦曰寶應)

Chan Master Huiyong of Nanyuan, Ruzhou (also called Baoying)

上堂。赤肉團上。壁立千仞。僧問。赤肉團上。壁立千仞。豈不是和尚道。師曰。是。僧便掀倒禪床。師曰。這瞎驢亂作。僧擬議。師便打。問。僧近離甚處。曰。長水。師曰。東流西流。曰。總不恁麼。師曰。作麼生。僧珍重。師便打。僧參。師舉拂子。僧曰。今日敗缺。師放下拂子。僧曰。猶有這箇在。師便打。問僧。近離甚處。曰。襄州。師曰。來作甚麼。曰。特來禮拜和尚。師曰。恰遇寶應老不在。僧便喝。師曰。向汝道不在。又喝作甚麼。僧又喝。師便打。僧禮拜。師曰。這棒本是汝打我。我且打汝。要此話大行。瞎漢參堂去。思明和尚未住西院時。到參禮拜了。曰。無可人事。從許州來。收得江西剃刀一柄。獻和尚。師曰。汝從許州來。為甚卻收得江西剃刀。明把師手掐一掐。師曰。侍者收取。明以衣袖拂一拂便行。師曰。阿剌剌。阿剌剌。上堂。諸方祇具啐啄同時眼。不具啐啄同時用。僧便問。如何是啐啄同時用。師曰。作家不啐啄。啐啄同時失。曰。此猶未是某甲問處。師曰。汝問處作麼生。僧曰。失。師便打。其僧不肯。後於雲門會下。聞二僧舉此話。一僧曰。當時南院棒折那。其僧忽契悟。遂奔回省覲。師已圓寂。乃謁風穴。穴一見便問。上座莫是當時問先師啐啄同時話底麼。僧曰。是。師曰。汝當時作麼生會。曰。某甲當時如在燈影裡行相似。穴曰。汝會也。問。古殿重興時如何。師曰。明堂瓦插簷。曰。與麼則莊嚴畢備也。師曰。斬草蛇頭落。問。如何是佛法大意。師曰。無量大病源。曰。請師醫。師曰。世醫拱手。問。匹馬單槍來時如何。師曰。且待我斫棒。問。如何是無相涅槃。師曰。前三點。後三點。曰。無相涅槃。請師證照。師曰。三點前。三點後。問。凡聖同居時如何。師曰。兩箇貓兒一箇獰。問。如何是無縫塔。師曰。八花九裂。曰。如何是塔中人。師曰。頭不梳。

Ascending the hall: 'On the lump of red flesh, a wall stands a thousand fathoms.' A monk asked, 'On the lump of red flesh, a wall stands a thousand fathoms—is this not what the Reverend said?' The Master said, 'Yes.' The monk then overturned the meditation platform. The Master said, 'This blind donkey is making wild trouble.' The monk started to deliberate, and the Master struck him. He asked a monk where he had recently come from. The monk said, 'Long Water.' The Master said, 'Flowing east, flowing west.' The monk said, 'In any case, not like that.' The Master said, 'How then?' The monk said, 'Take care,' and left. The Master struck him. A monk came to call. The Master raised his whisk. The monk said, 'Today you have lost a point.' The Master put down the whisk. The monk said, 'Still this thing remains.' The Master struck him. He asked a monk, 'Where have you recently come from?' The monk said, 'Xiangzhou.' The Master said, 'What have you come to do?' The monk said, 'Especially to bow to the Reverend.' The Master said, 'It happens that old Baoying is not in.' The monk shouted. The Master said, 'I told you he is not in—what are you shouting for?' The monk shouted again. The Master struck him. The monk bowed. The Master said, 'This blow should really be you striking me, but for now I strike you. I want these words to spread widely. Blind fellow, go into the hall.' When the Reverend Siming had not yet taken up residence at the Western Court, he came to call and, after bowing, said, 'I have no greeting to offer. Coming from Xuzhou, I obtained a Jiangxi razor and present it to the Reverend.' The Master said, 'You came from Xuzhou—why did you obtain a Jiangxi razor?' Siming pinched the Master's hand once. The Master said, 'Attendant, take it away.' Siming brushed it off with his sleeve and left. The Master said, 'Alala, alala.' Ascending the hall: 'Every quarter has only the eye for the simultaneous peck and tap; it does not have the function of the simultaneous peck and tap.' A monk then asked, 'What is the function of the simultaneous peck and tap?' The Master said, 'An expert does not peck and tap; pecking and tapping at once is to miss it.' The monk said, 'This is still not where I am asking.' The Master said, 'Where are you asking?' The monk said, 'Miss.' The Master struck him. That monk was not convinced. Later, in Yunmen's assembly, he heard two monks bring up these words. One monk said, 'At that time Nanyuan's stick broke.' That monk suddenly awakened and rushed back to pay his respects. The Master had already passed away, so he called on Fengxue. As soon as Fengxue saw him he asked, 'Are you not the one who back then asked my late teacher about the simultaneous peck and tap?' The monk said, 'I am.' Fengxue said, 'How did you understand it then?' The monk said, 'At that time I was like a man walking in a lamp's shadow.' Fengxue said, 'You have understood.' A monk asked, 'When the ancient hall is rebuilt, what then?' The Master said, 'The bright hall's tiles stick out past the eaves.' The monk said, 'Then the adornments are complete.' The Master said, 'Cut the grass and the snake's head falls off.' A monk asked, 'What is the great meaning of the Buddha dharma?' The Master said, 'The source of immeasurable great illness.' The monk said, 'Please, Reverend, cure it.' The Master said, 'The world's physicians fold their hands.' A monk asked, 'What of one who comes alone on a single horse with a single spear?' The Master said, 'Wait until I cut my stick.' A monk asked, 'What is signless nirvana?' The Master said, 'Three dots in front, three dots behind.' The monk said, 'Signless nirvana—please, Reverend, certify and illumine it.' The Master said, 'Three dots before, three dots after.' A monk asked, 'When ordinary and sage dwell together, what then?' The Master said, 'Two cats, one fierce.' A monk asked, 'What is the seamless stupa?' The Master said, 'Eight flowers, nine cracks.' The monk said, 'Who is the person in the stupa?' The Master said, 'His hair is uncombed,'

面不洗。問。如何是佛。師曰。待有即向你道。曰。與麼則和尚無佛也。師曰。正當好處。曰。如何是好處。師曰。今日是三十日。問園頭。瓠子開花也未。曰。開花已久。師曰。還著子也無。曰。昨日遭霜了也。師曰。大眾吃箇甚麼。僧擬議。師便打。問僧。名甚麼。曰。普參。師曰。忽遇屎橛作麼生。僧便不審。僧便打。問。人逢碧眼時如何。師曰。鬼爭漆桶。問。龍躍江湖時如何。師曰。瞥嗔瞥喜。曰。傾湫倒嶽時如何。師曰。老鵶沒嘴。問。萬裡無雲時如何。師曰。餓虎投崖。問。二王相見時如何。師曰。十字路頭吹尺八。問。如何是薝蔔林。師曰。鬼厭箭。問。如何是金剛不壞身。師曰。老僧在汝腳底。僧便喝。師曰。未在。僧又喝。師便打。問。上上根器人來。師還接也無。師曰。接。曰。便請和尚接。師曰。且喜共你平交。問。祖意教意。是同是別。師曰。王尚書．李僕射。曰。意旨如何。牛頭南。馬頭北。問。如何是祖師西來意。師曰。五男二女。問。擬伸一問。師意如何。師曰。是何公案。僧曰。喏。師曰。放汝三十棒。問。如何是寶應主。師曰。杓大盌小。問僧。近離甚處。曰。龍興。曰。發足莫過葉縣也無。僧便喝。師曰。好好問你。又惡發作麼。曰。喚作惡發即不得。師卻喝。曰。你既惡發。我也惡發。近前來。我也沒量罪過。你也沒量罪過。瞎漢參堂去。問僧。近離甚處。曰。襄州。師曰。是甚麼物恁麼來。曰。和尚試道看。師曰。適來禮拜底。曰。錯。師曰。禮拜底錯箇甚麼。曰。再犯不容。師曰。三十年弄馬騎。今日被驢撲。瞎漢參堂去。問。從上諸聖。向甚麼處去。師曰。不上天堂。則入地獄。曰。和尚又作麼生。師曰。還知寶應老漢落處麼。僧擬議。師打一拂。曰。你還知吃拂子底麼。曰。不會。師曰。正令卻是你行。又打一拂子。

(The Master continued:) 'and his face is unwashed.' A monk asked, 'What is the Buddha?' The Master said, 'When there is one, I will tell you.' The monk said, 'Then the Reverend has no Buddha.' The Master said, 'Just at the good point.' The monk said, 'What is the good point?' The Master said, 'Today is the thirtieth day.' He asked the garden head, 'Have the gourds blossomed yet?' The garden head said, 'They blossomed long ago.' The Master said, 'Have they set fruit?' The garden head said, 'Frost got them yesterday.' The Master said, 'What will the assembly eat?' The monk started to deliberate, and the Master struck him. He asked a monk, 'What is your name?' The monk said, 'Pushen.' The Master said, 'If you suddenly met a shit-stick, what then?' The monk then greeted him. The monk then struck him. A monk asked, 'When a man meets blue eyes, what then?' The Master said, 'Ghosts fight over a lacquer bucket.' A monk asked, 'When the dragon leaps in rivers and lakes, what then?' The Master said, 'A flash of anger, a flash of joy.' The monk said, 'When it pours out the pool and overturns the mountain, what then?' The Master said, 'The old crow has no beak.' A monk asked, 'When not a cloud in ten thousand miles, what then?' The Master said, 'A hungry tiger throws itself off the cliff.' A monk asked, 'When two kings meet, what then?' The Master said, 'At the crossroads, blowing a shakuhachi.' A monk asked, 'What is the campaka grove?' The Master said, 'Ghosts weary of arrows.' A monk asked, 'What is the diamond indestructible body?' The Master said, 'This old monk is under your feet.' The monk shouted. The Master said, 'Not yet.' The monk shouted again. The Master struck him. A monk asked, 'When a person of the highest faculties comes, does the Reverend still receive him?' The Master said, 'I receive him.' The monk said, 'Then please, Reverend, receive me.' The Master said, 'I am glad to be on equal terms with you.' A monk asked, 'The Patriarch's meaning and the teaching's meaning—are they the same or different?' The Master said, 'Minister Wang, Vice-Director Li.' The monk said, 'What is the purport?' The Master said, 'Ox-head south, horse-head north.' A monk asked, 'What is the meaning of the Patriarch's coming from the West?' The Master said, 'Five sons, two daughters.' A monk asked, 'I intend to put forward one question—what does the Reverend think?' The Master said, 'What case is it?' The monk said, 'Yes.' The Master said, 'I let you off thirty blows.' A monk asked, 'What is the master of Baoying?' The Master said, 'Big ladle, small bowl.' He asked a monk, 'Where have you recently come from?' The monk said, 'Longxing.' The Master said, 'Did you set out by way of Yexian or not?' The monk shouted. The Master said, 'I ask you nicely, and you fly into a rage—why?' The monk said, 'You cannot call it flying into a rage.' The Master shouted in turn and said, 'Since you fly into a rage, I also fly into a rage. Come here. I have committed an immeasurable offense and you have committed an immeasurable offense. Blind fellow, go into the hall.' He asked a monk, 'Where have you recently come from?' The monk said, 'Xiangzhou.' The Master said, 'What sort of thing comes like this?' The monk said, 'Reverend, try and say.' The Master said, 'The one who just now bowed.' The monk said, 'Wrong.' The Master said, 'What is wrong with the one who bowed?' The monk said, 'A second offense will not be forgiven.' The Master said, 'Thirty years of riding horses, and today a donkey knocks me over. Blind fellow, go into the hall.' A monk asked, 'Where have all the sages gone?' The Master said, 'If not to heaven, then into hell.' The monk said, 'And what about the Reverend?' The Master said, 'Do you know where old Baoying has gone?' The monk started to deliberate, and the Master gave a whisk-blow and said, 'Do you know the one who takes the whisk-blow?' The monk said, 'I do not understand.' The Master said, 'The true command is yours to carry out.' And he gave another whisk-blow.

守廓侍者

The Attendant Shoukuo

問德山曰。從上諸聖。向甚麼處去。山曰。作麼。作麼。師曰。勑點飛龍馬。跛鼈出頭來。山便休去。來日浴出。師過茶與山。山於背上拊一下曰。昨日公案作麼生。師曰。這老漢今日方始瞥地。山又休去。師行腳到襄州華嚴和尚會下。一日。嚴上堂。曰。大眾。今日若是臨濟．德山．高亭．大愚．鳥窠．船子兒孫。不用如何若何。便請單刀直入。華嚴與汝證據。師出。禮拜起。便喝。嚴亦喝。師又喝。嚴亦喝。師禮拜起。曰。大眾。看這老漢一場敗缺。又喝一喝。拍手歸眾。嚴下座歸方丈。時風穴作維那。上去問訊。嚴曰。維那。汝來也。叵耐守廓適來把老僧扭揑一上。待集眾打一頓趂出。穴曰。趂他遲了也。自是和尚言過。他是臨濟下兒孫。本分恁麼。嚴方息怒。穴下來舉似師。師曰。你著甚來由勸這漢。我未問前。早要棒吃。得我話行。如今不打。搭卻我這話也。穴曰。雖然如是。已遍天下也。

He asked Deshan, 'Where have all the sages gone?' Deshan said, 'What, what?' The Master said, 'A flying dragon horse is commanded; the lame turtle sticks out its head.' Deshan then dropped the matter. The next day, coming out from bathing, he passed tea to Deshan. Deshan clapped him on the back and said, 'How about yesterday's public case?' The Master said, 'This old fellow has only today caught a glimpse.' Deshan again dropped the matter. The Master wandered to Xiangzhou and arrived at the assembly of the Reverend Huayan. One day Huayan ascended the hall and said, 'Assembly, today if there are descendants of Linji, Deshan, Gaoting, Dayu, Niaoke, or Chuanzi, no need for hows and whats—just come single-bladed and straight in. Huayan will certify you.' The Master came forward, bowed, rose, and shouted. Huayan also shouted. The Master shouted again. Huayan also shouted. The Master bowed, rose, and said, 'Assembly, look at this old fellow's total defeat.' He shouted once more, clapped his hands, and returned to the assembly. Huayan left the seat and returned to the abbot's quarters. At that time Fengxue was the Vinaya Master, and he went up to greet him. Huayan said, 'Vinaya Master, you have come. I cannot bear that Shoukuo just now twisted this old monk about. Wait till I gather the assembly and give him a beating and drive him out.' Fengxue said, 'Driving him out is too late. It was the Reverend's own words that went too far. He is a descendant of Linji; that is just how they are.' Huayan then calmed down. Fengxue came down and reported this to the Master. The Master said, 'What reason did you have to talk that fellow around? Before I asked, I was already due for a blow. If my words had stood, that would have been it. Now that he has not struck, my words are hung up.' Fengxue said, 'Even so, they have already spread through the world.'

寶壽沼禪師法嗣

Dharma heirs of Chan Master Baoshou Zhao

汝州西院思明禪師

Chan Master Siming of the Western Court, Ruzhou

僧問。如何是伽藍。師曰。荊棘叢林。曰。如何是伽藍中人。師曰。貛兒貉子。問。如何是不變易底物。師曰。打帛石。問。如何是臨濟一喝。師曰。千鈞之弩。不為鼷鼠而發機。曰。和尚慈悲何在。師便打。從漪上座到法席。旬日。常自曰。莫道會佛法人。覓箇舉話底人也無。師聞而默之。漪異日上法堂次。師召從漪。漪舉首。師曰。錯。漪進三兩步。師又曰。錯。漪近前。師曰。適來兩錯。是上座錯。是思明老漢錯。曰。是從漪錯。師曰。錯。錯。乃曰。上座且在這裡過夏。共汝商量這兩錯。漪不肯。便去。後住相州天平山。每舉前話曰。我行腳時被惡風吹到汝州。有西院長老勘我。連下兩錯。更留我過夏。待共我商量。我不道恁麼時錯。我發足向南方去時。早知錯了也(首山念雲。據天平作恁麼解會。未夢見西院在。何故。話在)。

A monk asked, 'What is the monastery?' The Master said, 'Thorns and thickets.' The monk said, 'What is the person in the monastery?' The Master said, 'A badger and a raccoon dog.' A monk asked, 'What is the unchanging thing?' The Master said, 'The stone for beating cloth.' A monk asked, 'What is Linji's one shout?' The Master said, 'A crossbow of a thousand catties is not triggered for a field mouse.' The monk said, 'Where is the Reverend's compassion?' The Master struck him. The Upadhyaya Congyi arrived at the dharma seat; for ten days he would often say, 'Never mind people who understand the Buddha dharma—there is not even a person who can raise a case.' The Master heard and kept silent about it. On another day, when Congyi entered the dharma hall, the Master called him. Congyi raised his head. The Master said, 'Wrong.' Congyi took three or four steps forward. The Master said again, 'Wrong.' Congyi came closer. The Master said, 'Those two wrongs just now—was the Upadhyaya wrong or is old Siming wrong?' Congyi said, 'It is Congyi who is wrong.' The Master said, 'Wrong, wrong.' Then he said, 'Upadhyaya, stay here for the summer and I will discuss these two wrongs with you.' Congyi was unwilling and left. Later he took up residence at Mount Tianping in Xiangzhou. Whenever he brought up the earlier words he said, 'When I was wandering, an evil wind blew me to Ruzhou, where the elder of the Western Court examined me and laid down two wrongs in a row. He even wanted me to stay for the summer so he could discuss them with me. I did not say I was wrong then. When I set out southward, I already knew I was wrong.' (Shoushan Nian said, 'Judging by how Tianping understood it, he had not even dreamed of the Western Court. Why? The words are there.')

寶壽和尚(第二世)

The Venerable Baoshou (Second Generation)

在先寶壽為供養主。壽問。父母未生前。還我本來面目來。師立至夜深。下語不契。翌日辭去。壽曰。汝何往。師曰。昨日蒙和尚設問。某甲不契。往南方參知識去。壽曰。南方禁夏不禁冬。我此間禁冬不禁夏。汝且作街坊過夏。若是佛法。闤闠之中。浩浩紅塵。常說正法。師不敢違。一日。街頭見兩人交爭。揮一拳曰。你得恁麼無面目。師當下大悟。走見寶壽。未及出語。壽便曰。汝會也。不用說。師便禮拜。壽臨遷化時。囑三聖請師開堂。師開堂日。三聖推出一僧。師便打。聖曰。與麼為人。非但瞎卻這僧眼。瞎卻鎮州一城人眼去在(法眼雲。甚麼處是瞎卻人眼處)。師擲下拄杖。便歸方丈。僧問。不占閫域。請師不謗。師曰。莫。問。種種莊嚴．慇懃奉獻時如何。師曰。莫汙我心田。師將順寂。謂門人曰。汝還知吾行履處否。曰。知和尚長坐不臥。師又召僧近前來。僧近前。師曰。去。非吾眷屬。言訖而化。

He had first served as offering master under the former Baoshou. Baoshou asked him: 'Before your parents were born, return to me your original face.' The master stood until deep into the night, but his words did not match. The next day he took his leave. Baoshou said: 'Where are you going?' The master said: 'Yesterday I received the Master's question and did not match it. I am going south to consult good friends.' Baoshou said: 'The south forbids summer but not winter. Here we forbid winter but not summer. You may spend the summer as a townsman. If it is the buddhadharma, then in the marketplace, amid the vast red dust, it ever preaches the true dharma.' The master did not dare to disobey. One day in the street he saw two men quarreling. One swung a fist and said: 'So you have got this facelessness.' At that moment the master was greatly awakened. He ran to see Baoshou. Before he could say a word, Baoshou said: 'You have understood. No need to speak.' The master then bowed. When Baoshou was about to pass away, he instructed Sansheng to invite the master to open the hall. On the day the master opened the hall, Sansheng pushed out a monk. The master at once struck him. Sansheng said: 'Acting for others like this, you not only blind this monk's eye, you blind the eyes of the whole city of Zhenzhou.' (Fayan said: 'Where is the place of blinding people's eyes?') The master threw down his staff and returned to his quarters. A monk asked: 'Not occupying the threshold, pray, Master, do not slander.' The master said: 'Do not.' The monk asked: 'What of when one offers all kinds of adornment and diligent offerings?' The master said: 'Do not defile my mind-field.' When the master was about to pass away, he said to his disciples: 'Do you know the place where I walk?' The disciples said: 'We know the Master sits long and does not lie down.' The master then called a monk to come closer. The monk came closer. The master said: 'Go. You are not my kin.' Having spoken, he passed away.

三聖然禪師法嗣

Dharma heirs of Chan Master Sansheng Ran