The Jingde Record of the Transmission of the Lamp, Scroll Twenty.

韶州雲門爽禪師

Chan Master Shuang of Yunmen in Shaozhou

韶州白雲聞和尚

Reverend Wen of Baiyun in Shaozhou

韶州披雲智寂禪師

Chan Master Zhiji of Piyun in Shaozhou

韶州淨法章和尚

Reverend Zhang of Jingfa in Shaozhou

韶州溫門山滿禪師

Chan Master Man of Wenmenshan in Shaozhou

嶽州巴陵顥鑒大師

Great Master Haojian of Baling in Yuezhou

連州地藏慧慈大師

Great Master Huici of Dizang in Lianzhou

英州大容諲禪師

Chan Master Chen of Darong in Yingzhou

廣州羅山崇禪師

Chan Master Chong of Luoshan in Guangzhou

韶州雲門寶禪師

Chan Master Baomen of Shaozhou

郢州臨谿竟脫和尚

Monk Jingtuo of Linxi in Yingzhou

廣州華嚴慧禪師

Chan Master Huayan Hui of Guangzhou

韶州舜峰韶和尚

Monk Shunfeng Shao of Shaozhou

隨州雙泉師寬禪師

Chan Master Shuangquan Shikuan of Suizhou

英州觀音和尚

Monk Guanyin of Yingzhou

韶州林泉和尚

Monk Linquan of Shaozhou

韶州雲門煦和尚

Monk Yunmen Xu of Shaozhou

益州香林澄遠禪師(已上二十五人見錄)

Chan Master Xianglin Chengyuan of Yizhou (the above twenty-five persons are seen in the record)

行思禪師第七世中

In the seventh generation of Chan Master Xingse

前杭州龍華寺靈照禪師法嗣

Former Dharma heir of Chan Master Lingzhao of Longhua Temple in Hangzhou

台州瑞巖師進禪師。師上堂大眾立久。師曰。媿諸禪德已省提持。若是徇聲聽響不如歸堂向火。珍重。僧問。如何是瑞巖境。師雲。重重疊嶂南來遠。北向皇都咫尺間。僧曰。如何是境中人。師曰。萬裡白雲朝瑞嶽。微微細雨灑簾前。僧曰。未審如何親近此人。師曰。將謂闍梨親入室。元來猶隔萬重關。

Chan Master Shijin of Ruiyan in Taizhou. The Master ascended the hall; the great assembly stood for a long time. The Master said: "I am ashamed that you venerable ones have already understood the essential support. If you follow sounds and listen to echoes, it would be better to return to the hall and sit by the fire. Take care." A monk asked: "What is the realm of Ruiyan?" The Master said: "Layer upon layer of peaks come from the south, far away; facing north to the imperial capital, it is within a foot." The monk said: "What is the person in the realm?" The Master said: "Ten thousand li of white clouds face the auspicious mountain; a faint fine rain sprinkles before the curtain." The monk said: "I do not yet know how to draw near to this person." The Master said: "I thought the Acharya had personally entered the room; originally you are still separated by ten thousand layered gates."

台州六通院志球禪師。僧問。全身佩劍時如何。師曰落。僧曰。當者如何。師曰。熏天炙地。問如何是六通境。師曰。滿目江山一任看。僧曰。如何是境中人。師曰。古今自去來。僧曰。離二途還有向上事也無。師曰有。僧曰。如何是向上事。師曰。雲水千徒與萬徒。問擁毳玄徒請師指示。師曰。紅罏不墜雁門關。僧曰。如何是紅罏不墜雁門關。師曰。青霄豈悋眾人攀。僧曰。還有不知者也無。師曰有。僧曰。如何是不知者。師曰。金牓上無名。問如何是和尚家風。師曰。萬家明月朗。問如何是第二月。師曰。山河大地。

Chan Master Zhiqiu of the Liutong Monastery in Taizhou. A monk asked, "When one wears a sword over one's whole body, how is it?" The Master said, "Fallen." The monk said, "And what of the one who faces it?" The Master said, "It scorches the sky and singes the earth." [The monk] asked, "What is the realm of Liutong?" The Master said, "A river and mountains fill the eyes, freely gaze upon them as you will." The monk said, "What is the person within the realm?" The Master said, "From ancient times to now, coming and going on their own." The monk said, "Apart from the two paths, is there still something transcendent or not?" The Master said, "There is." The monk said, "What is the transcendent matter?" The Master said, "Clouds and water, a thousand followers and ten thousand followers." [The monk] asked, "The host of dark-robed students who wear down their fur—please, Master, give instruction." The Master said, "The red furnace does not fall at Yanmen Pass." The monk said, "What is 'the red furnace does not fall at Yanmen Pass'?" The Master said, "Would the blue sky begrudge the crowd climbing?" The monk said, "Is there anyone who does not know or not?" The Master said, "There is." The monk said, "What is the one who does not know?" The Master said, "On the golden roll, no name." [The monk] asked, "What is the Master's family style?" The Master said, "A myriad homes under the bright moon." [The monk] asked, "What is the second moon?" The Master said, "Mountains, rivers, the great earth."

杭州雲龍院歸禪師。僧問。久戰沙場為什麼功名不就。師曰。過在遮邊。僧曰。還有進處也無。師曰。氷消瓦解。

Chan Master Gui of the Yunlong Monastery in Hangzhou. A monk asked, "Having long fought on the battlefield, why is merit and fame not achieved?" The Master said, "The fault lies on this side." The monk said, "Is there still a place to advance or not?" The Master said, "Ice melts, tiles disintegrate."

杭州餘杭功臣院道閑禪師。僧問。如何是功臣家風。師曰。俗人東畔立。僧眾在西邊。問如何是學人自己。師曰。如汝與我。僧曰。恁麼即無。二去也。師曰十萬八千。

Chan Master Daoxian of the Gongchen Monastery in Yuhang, Hangzhou. A monk asked, "What is the Gongchen family style?" The Master said, "Laypeople stand on the east side. The monks stand on the west side." [The monk] asked, "What is the student's own self?" The Master said, "Like you and me." The monk said, "If so, then there is no duality." The Master said, "Ten thousand eight thousand."

衢州鎮境遇緣禪師。僧問。眾手淘金誰是得者。師曰。谿畔披砂徒自困。家中有寶速須還。僧曰。恁麼即始終不從人得去也。師曰。饒君便有擎山力。未免肩頭有擔胝。

Chan Master Yuyuan of the Zhenjing [Monastery] in Quzhou. A monk asked, "With many hands washing gold, who is the one who gets it?" The Master said, "Washing sand by the stream, you only weary yourself in vain. The treasure is in your own home—quickly return it." The monk said, "If so, then from beginning to end it is not obtained from others." The Master said, "Even if you have the strength to lift a mountain, you cannot avoid calluses on your shoulders from carrying."

福州報國院照禪師。師上堂曰。我若全機汝向什麼處摸索。蓋為根器不等。便成不具慚愧。還委得麼。如今與諸仁者作箇入底門路。乃敲繩床兩下雲。還見麼。還聞麼。若見便見。若聞便聞。莫向意識裡卜度。卻成妄想顛倒無有出期。珍重。因佛塔被雷霹。有人問。祖佛塔廟為什麼卻被雷霹。師曰。通天作用。僧曰。既是通天作用。為什麼卻霹佛。師曰。作用何處見有佛。僧曰。爭奈狼藉何。師曰。見什麼。

Chan Master Zhao of Baoguo Yuan in Fuzhou. The master ascended the hall and said: "If I were to employ the complete mechanism, where would you grope for it? It is because your capacities are not equal that you thereby become devoid of shame. Do you understand? Now I will make an entry path for all you virtuous ones." Then he struck the rope bed twice and said: "Do you see it? Do you hear it? If you see, then see. If you hear, then hear. Do not calculate within consciousness, for then you become caught in deluded thinking and inverted views without any time of escape. Take care." Because a Buddha stupa had been struck by lightning, someone asked: "Why was the ancestral Buddha's stupa and temple struck by lightning?" The master said: "The function penetrates heaven." The monk said: "Since it is the function that penetrates heaven, why did it strike the Buddha?" The master said: "In the function, where do you see a Buddha?" The monk said: "What about the mess?" The master said: "What do you see?"

台州白雲迺禪師。僧問。荊山有玉非為寶。囊內真金賜一言。師曰。我家貧。僧曰。慈悲何在。師曰。空慚道者名。

Chan Master Nai of Baiyun in Taizhou. A monk asked: "Jade in Jing Mountain is not regarded as a treasure; bestow a word on the true gold in the bag." The master said: "My house is poor." The monk said: "Where is compassion?" The master said: "Vainly ashamed of the name of a practitioner of the Way."

前明州翠巖令傪禪師法嗣

Heir of the former Chan Master Lingcan of Cuiyan in Mingzhou

杭州龍冊寺子興明悟大師。僧問。正位中還有人成佛否。師曰。誰是眾生。僧曰。若恁麼即總成佛去也。師曰。還我正位來。僧曰。如何是正位。師曰。汝是眾生。問如何是無價珍。師曰。卞和空抱璞。僧曰。忽遇楚王還進也無。師曰。凡聖相繼續。問古人拈布毛意作麼生。師曰。闍梨舉不全。僧曰。如何舉得。師乃拈起袈裟。

Great Master Mingwu, Zixing, of Longce Temple in Hangzhou. A monk asked: "In the correct position, is there still anyone who becomes a Buddha?" The master said: "Who is a sentient being?" The monk said: "If so, then all become Buddhas." The master said: "Return the correct position to me." The monk said: "What is the correct position?" The master said: "You are a sentient being." [The monk] asked: "What is the priceless treasure?" The master said: "Bian He vainly embraced the uncut jade." The monk said: "If he suddenly met the King of Chu, would he still present it?" The master said: "Ordinary and sage succeed one another." [The monk] asked: "What is the meaning of the ancients' picking up a cloth hair?" The master said: "You do not fully raise it." The monk said: "How should it be raised?" The master then picked up his kashaya.

溫州雲山佛㠗院知默禪師(第二世住)師上堂曰。山僧如今看見諸上坐。恁麼行腳吃辛吃苦盤山涉㵎。終不為觀看州縣參尋名山聖跡。莫非為此一大事。如今且要諸人於本參中通箇消息來。雲山敢與證明。非但雲山證明。乃至禪林佛剎亦與證明。僧問。如何是佛㠗家風。師曰。送客不離三步內。邀賓只在草堂前。

Chan Master Zhimo of Foshan Yuan on Yun Mountain in Wenzhou (second generation abbot). The master ascended the hall and said: "Now I, the mountain monk, see all you senior seat-holders. Traveling on foot like this, enduring hardship and eating bitterness, crossing mountains and fording streams, is ultimately not for looking at prefectures and counties, nor for visiting famous mountains and sacred sites. Is it not for the sake of this one great matter? Now you must each bring forth a message from your original investigation. Yun Mountain dares to certify you. Not only does Yun Mountain certify you, but even the Chan groves and Buddha lands also certify you." A monk asked: "What is the family style of Foshan?" The master said: "Seeing off a guest never beyond three steps; inviting a guest only before the thatched hall."

前福州安國院弘瑫明真大師法嗣

Heir of the former Great Master Mingzhen, Hongtao, of Anguo Yuan in Fuzhou

福州白鹿師貴禪師開堂日。有僧問。西峽一派不異馬頭。白鹿千峰何似鷄足。師曰。大眾一時驗看。問如何是白鹿家風。師曰。向汝道什麼。僧曰。恁麼即學人知時去也。師曰。知時底人合到什麼田地。僧曰。不可更喃喃地。師曰。放過即不可。問牛頭未見四祖時百鳥銜華供養。見後為什麼不來。師曰。曙色未分人盡望。及乎天曉也如常。

On the day Chan Master Shigui of White Deer in Fuzhou opened the hall, a monk asked, "The single stream of the Western Gorge is no different from Matou. The thousand peaks of White Deer—how do they compare to Jizu?" The master said, "The great assembly may all examine and see." The monk asked, "What is the family style of White Deer?" The master said, "What am I telling you?" The monk said, "If so, then this student knows the time and will go." The master said, "What field should a person who knows the time reach?" The monk said, "One must not mumble on and on." The master said, "To let it pass will not do." The monk asked, "When Niutou had not yet met the Fourth Patriarch, a hundred birds carried flowers as offerings. After meeting him, why did they no longer come?" The master said, "Before the dawn light has divided, everyone gazes. When day breaks, it is as usual."

福州羅山義聰禪師。師上堂大眾立久。師曰。若有分付處。羅山即不具眼。若無分付處即勞而無功。所以維摩昔日對文殊。且道如今會也無。僧問。如何是出窟師子。師曰。什麼處不震裂。僧曰。作何音響。師曰。聾者不聞。問手指天地唯我獨尊。為什麼卻被傍者責。師曰。謂言胡鬚赤。僧曰。只如傍者有什麼長處。師曰。路見不平所以按劍。

Chan Master Yicong of Luoshan in Fuzhou. Once, when the master ascended the hall and the great assembly had stood for a long time, the master said, "If there is a place to impart, Luoshan then lacks the eye. If there is no place to impart, then it is toil without merit. Therefore Vimalakirti formerly faced Manjushri. Tell me, do you understand it now or not?" A monk asked, "What is a lion emerging from its den?" The master said, "What place does it not shake and crack?" The monk said, "What sound does it make?" The master said, "The deaf do not hear it." The monk asked, "Pointing to heaven and earth, 'I alone am honored'—why then was he reproached by bystanders?" The master said, "They say his beard is red." The monk said, "Just what strong point did the bystanders have?" The master said, "Seeing injustice on the road, therefore he placed his hand on the sword."

福州安國院從貴禪師。僧問。禪宮大敞法眾雲臻。向上一路請師決擇。師曰。素非時流。師有時上堂示眾雲。禪之與道拈向一邊著。佛之與祖是什麼破草鞋。恁麼告報莫屈著諸人麼。若道屈著即且行腳去。若道不屈著也須合取口始得。珍重。又有時上堂曰。直是不遇梁朝安國也謾不過。珍重。僧問。請師舉唱宗乘。師曰。今日打禾明日搬柴。問牛頭未見四祖時如何。師曰。香罏對繩床。僧曰。見後如何。師曰。門扇對露柱。問如何是和尚家風。師曰。若問家風即答家風。僧曰。學人不問家風時作麼生。師曰。胡來漢去。問諸餘即不問。省要處乞師一言。師曰。還得省要麼。師下堂曰。純陀獻供。珍重。

Chan Master Conggui of Anguo Monastery in Fuzhou. A monk asked, "The Zen palace is greatly opened, and the assembly of Dharma-clouds gathers. On the supreme path, please, Master, decide and choose." The master said, "I am not one of the ordinary crowd." Once, when the master ascended the hall and addressed the assembly, he said, "Take Chan and the Way and set them to one side. What are the Buddhas and Patriarchs but worn-out straw sandals? If I announce it this way, am I wronging all of you or not? If you say I am wronging you, then just go on pilgrimage. If you say I am not wronging you, you still must shut your mouth. Take care." Another time, when he ascended the hall, he said, "Even if it were not encountering the Liang dynasty, Anguo would not be deceived. Take care." A monk asked, "Please, Master, proclaim the teaching of the patriarchal vehicle." The master said, "Today thresh grain, tomorrow carry firewood." The monk asked, "What was it like when Niutou had not yet met the Fourth Patriarch?" The master said, "An incense burner facing a rope chair." The monk said, "What about after meeting him?" The master said, "A door leaf facing a dew pillar." The monk asked, "What is the Master's family style?" The master said, "If asked about the family style, then I answer about the family style." The monk said, "When this student does not ask about the family style, what then?" The master said, "Barbarians come, Chinese go." The monk asked, "I will not ask about the rest; at the essential point, I beg the Master for a word." The master said, "Can you still get the essential point?" The master descended the hall and said, "Chunda's offering. Take care."

福州怡山長慶藏用禪師。師上堂。眾集。師以扇子拋向地上曰。愚人謂金是土。智者作麼生。後生可畏。不可總守愚去也。還有麼。出來道看。時有僧出禮拜退後而立。師曰。別更作麼生。僧曰。和尚明鑒。師曰。千年桃核。問如何是伽藍。師曰。長溪莆田。僧曰。如何是伽藍中人。師曰。新羅白水。問如何是靈泉正主。師曰。南山北山。問如何是和尚家風。師曰。齋前廚蒸南白飯。午後罏煎北苑茶。問法身還受苦也無。師曰。地獄豈是天堂。僧曰。恁麼即受苦去也。師曰。有什麼罪過。

Chan Master Changqing Zangyong of Yishan in Fuzhou. The Master ascended the hall. When the assembly had gathered, the Master tossed his fan onto the ground and said: "Foolish people call gold earth. What will the wise do? The young are to be feared. You cannot all keep to foolishness and go on like this. Do you understand? Come forward and speak." At that time a monk came out, bowed, stepped back, and stood there. The Master said: "Do not do anything else." The monk said: "The Master sees clearly." The Master said: "A thousand-year peach pit." Question: "What is the garden grove?" The Master said: "Changxi Putian." The monk said: "What is the person in the garden grove?" The Master said: "Silla White Water." Question: "What is the true master of the numinous spring?" The Master said: "South Mountain, North Mountain." Question: "What is the Master's family style?" The Master said: "Before the meal, the kitchen steams southern white rice. After noon, the stove boils North Garden tea." Question: "Does the dharma body still undergo suffering?" The Master said: "Is hell a heavenly hall?" The monk said: "If so, then one undergoes suffering." The Master said: "What fault is there?"

福州永隆院彥端禪師。師上堂。大眾雲集。師從座起作舞。謂大眾曰。會麼。眾曰不會。師曰。山僧不捨道法而現凡夫事。作麼生不會。問本自圓成。為什麼卻分明晦。師曰。汝自檢責看。

Chan Master Yanduan of Yonglong Monastery in Fuzhou. The Master ascended the hall. When the great assembly had gathered, the Master rose from his seat and danced. He said to the great assembly: "Do you understand?" The assembly said: "We do not understand." The Master said: "This mountain monk does not abandon the dharma of the Way but manifests the affairs of an ordinary man. How can you not understand?" Question: "Originally complete from the outset, why then is there clearly obscurity?" The Master said: "You examine and reprove yourself."