Jingde Record of the Transmission of the Lamp, Volume Twenty-Two

虢州廬山常禪師(一人無機緣語句不錄)

Chan Master Chang of Lushan in Guozhou (one person, no opportunity-and-condition phrases recorded).

鳳翔府青峰和尚法嗣七人西川靈龕和尚

Seven successors of Chan Master Qingfeng of Fengxiangfu: Reverend of Lingkan in Xichuan.

京兆紫閣山端己禪師

Chan Master Duanji of Zigeshan in Jingzhao.

房州開山懷畫禪師

Chan Master Huaihua of Kaishan in Fangzhou.

幽州傳法和尚

Reverend Chuanfa of Youzhou.

益州淨眾歸信禪師

Chan Master Guixin of Jingzhong in Yizhou.

青峰第二世清免禪師(已上六人見錄)

Chan Master Qingmian of Qingfeng, second generation (the above six persons are seen in the record).

鳳翔府長平山滿禪師(一人無機緣語句不錄)

Chan Master Man of Changpingshan in Fengxiangfu (one person, no opportunity-and-condition phrases recorded).

洋州大巖白和尚法師一人卭州碧雲和尚(一人無機緣語句不錄)

Dharma Master Reverend Bai of Dayan in Yangzhou: one person, Reverend of Biyun in Qiongzhou (one person, no opportunity-and-condition phrases recorded).

吉州青原山行思禪師第七世下

Below the seventh generation of Chan Master Xingsi of Qingyuanshan in Jizhou.

韶州雲門山文偃禪師法嗣

Successors of Chan Master Wenyen of Yunmenshan in Shaozhou.

南嶽般若寺啟柔禪師。僧問西天以臘人為驗。此土如何。師曰。新羅人草鞋。問如何是千聖同歸底道理。師曰。未達苦空境無人不歎嗟。師上堂。聞三下板聲大眾始集。師因示一偈曰。

Chan Master Qirou of Bore Temple on Mount Nan. A monk asked, "In the Western Heaven, one who has passed the years is taken as the proof. What about this land?" The Master said, "A Silla man's straw sandals." He asked, "What is the principle to which a thousand sages return together?" The Master said, "Before reaching the realm of suffering and emptiness, no one does not sigh." The Master ascended the hall. Hearing the third board sound, the great assembly then gathered. The Master thereupon revealed a verse, saying:

妙哉三下板諸德盡來參

Wonderful indeed are the three board sounds; all the venerable ones come to inquire.

既善分時節今吾不再三

Since one is good at distinguishing times and seasons, now I do not repeat a third time.

師次住荊南延壽。後住京兆廣教院示滅。

The Master next resided at Yanshou in Jingnan. Later he resided at Guangjiaoyuan in Jingzhao and manifested extinction.

筠州黃檗山法濟禪師。僧問。如何是和尚家風。師曰。與天下人作膀樣。師上堂示眾曰。空生大覺中如海一漚發。各各當人無事。又上堂良久曰。若識得黃檗帳子平生行腳事畢。珍重。

Chan Master Faji of Huangboshan in Junzhou. A monk asked, "What is the Master's family style?" The Master said, "To be a model for people under heaven." (The base text has "膀样".) The Master ascended the hall and addressed the assembly, saying, "Empty birth within the great enlightenment is like one bubble arising in the sea. Each and every person is without affairs." Again he ascended the hall, remained silent a long while, and said, "If you recognize the Huangbo curtain, the matter of a lifetime of wandering on pilgrimage is finished. Take care."

襄州洞山守初崇慧大師。初參雲門。雲門問。近離什麼處。師曰。楂渡。門曰。夏在甚處。師曰。湖南報慈。曰甚時離彼。師曰。八月二十五。門曰。放汝三頓棒。師至明日卻上問訊。曰昨日蒙和尚放三頓棒。不知過在什麼處。門曰。飯袋子。江西湖南便與麼師於言下大悟。遂雲從今已去。向十字街頭。不畜一粒米。不種一莖菜。接待十方往來一箇箇。教伊拈卻膱脂帽子脫卻鶻臭布衫。教伊灑灑落落地作箇明眼衲僧。豈不快哉。雲門雲。飯袋子。身如椰子大。開得許大口。師住後僧問。迢迢一路時如何。師曰。天晴不肯去直待雨淋頭。曰諸聖作麼生。師曰。入泥入水。問心未生時法在什麼處。師曰。風吹荷葉動決定有魚行。問師登師子座請師唱道情。師曰。晴乾開水道無事設曹司。曰恁麼即謝師指示。師曰。賣鞋老婆腳䟐趚(上郎擊切。下七跡切)。問如何是三寶。師曰。商量不下。問如何是無縫塔師曰。十字街頭石師子。問如何是免得生死底法。師曰。見之不取思之三年。問離卻心機意識請師一句。師曰。道士著黃甕裡坐。問非時親覲請師一句。師曰。到處怎生舉。曰據現定舉。師曰。放汝三十棒。曰過在什麼處。師曰。罪不重科。問蓮華未出水時如何。師曰。楚山頭倒卓。曰出水後如何。師曰。漢水正東流。問如何是吹毛劍。師曰。金州客尼。問車住牛不住時如何。師曰。用駕車漢作麼。問如何是衲僧分上事。師曰。雲裡楚山頭決定多風雨。問海竭人亡時如何。師曰。難得。曰便恁麼去時如何。師曰。雲在青天水在缾。問有無雙泯權實兩忘究竟如何。師曰。楚山頭倒卓。曰還許學人領會也無。師曰。也有方便。曰請師方便。師曰。千里萬裡。問牛頭未見四祖時如何。師曰。榔栗木拄杖。曰見後如何。師曰。竇八布衫。問如何是佛。師曰。灼然諦當。問萬緣俱息意旨如何。師曰。甕裡石人賣棗團。

Chan Master Shouchu Chonghui of Dongshan in Xiangzhou. He first called on Yunmen. Yunmen asked, "How recently did you leave where?" The Master said, "Zhadu." Men said, "Where did you spend the summer?" The Master said, "Baoci in Hunan." He said, "When did you leave there?" The Master said, "The twenty-fifth of the eighth month." Men said, "I let you off three blows of the staff." The Master the next day then came up to inquire. He said, "Yesterday I received from the Venerable the letting off of three blows of the staff. I do not know wherein my fault lies." Men said, "Rice bag! Jiangxi and Hunan just like that." The Master at these words had a great awakening. Thereupon he said, "From now on, toward the crossroads of the ten directions, I will not store a single grain of rice, will not plant a single stalk of vegetables, receiving and attending to each one of the comers and goers from the ten directions, teaching them to toss away their greasy caps and take off their stinking hawk-foul cloth shirts, teaching them to be free and unconstrained, to be a clear-eyed patch-robed monk. How delightful!" Yunmen said, "Rice bag! Your body is only as big as a coconut, yet you can open such a big mouth." After the Master took up residence, a monk asked, "What about the long, long road?" The Master said, "On a clear day you refuse to go, only waiting for the rain to pour on your head." He said, "How do the sages act?" The Master said, "Entering mud, entering water." He asked, "When the mind is not yet born, where is the Dharma?" The Master said, "The wind blows the lotus leaves moving; surely there is a fish swimming." He asked, "The Master has ascended the lion seat; please, Master, sing the song of the Way." The Master said, "On a dry clear day open the water channel; with no business, establish the government office." He said, "If so, then I thank the Master for his instruction." The Master said, "The old woman selling shoes has nimble feet." (The first character is pronounced with the fanqie of shang and lang qie; the second with qi and ji qie.) He asked, "What are the Three Treasures?" The Master said, "They cannot be settled." He asked, "What is the seamless stupa?" The Master said, "A stone lion at the crossroads." He asked, "What is the Dharma that avoids birth and death?" The Master said, "Seeing it you do not take it; pondering it for three years." He asked, "Apart from mind, mechanism, and consciousness, please give the Master one phrase." The Master said, "The Daoist sits in the yellow jar." He asked, "At an untimely hour I come to pay respects; please, Master, one phrase." The Master said, "Everywhere, how do you raise it?" He said, "I raise it according to what is presently fixed." The Master said, "I let you off thirty blows of the staff." He said, "Wherein lies the fault?" The Master said, "Punishment is not doubled for the same crime." He asked, "What is it like before the lotus emerges from the water?" The Master said, "The top of Chu Mountain hangs upside down." He said, "What about after it emerges from the water?" The Master said, "The Han River flows due east." He asked, "What is the hair-splitting sword?" The Master said, "The female guest-nun of Jinzhou." He asked, "When the cart stops but the ox does not stop, what then?" The Master said, "What use is the cart-driving fellow?" He asked, "What is the patch-robed monk's own affair?" The Master said, "Above Chu Mountain in the clouds, surely much wind and rain." He asked, "When the sea dries up and people perish, what then?" The Master said, "Rare." He said, "If one goes just like this, what then?" The Master said, "Clouds are in the blue sky, water is in the bottle." He asked, "When being and non-being are both extinguished and the provisional and the real are both forgotten, what ultimately is it?" The Master said, "The top of Chu Mountain hangs upside down." He said, "Will you still allow the student to understand?" The Master said, "There is also an expedient means." He said, "Please, Master, an expedient means." The Master said, "A thousand li, ten thousand li." He asked, "What was it like before Niutou saw the Fourth Patriarch?" The Master said, "A langli-wood staff." He said, "What about after seeing him?" The Master said, "Dou Ba's cloth shirt." He asked, "What is the Buddha?" The Master said, "Clearly and exactly so." He asked, "When all conditions are utterly extinguished, what is the meaning?" The Master said, "A stone man in a jar selling date cakes."

問如何是洞山劍。師曰。作麼。僧曰。學人要知。師曰。罪過。問乾坤休著意宇宙不留心。學人只恁麼。師又作麼生。師曰。峴山亭起霧灘峻不留船問大眾雲臻。請師撮其樞要略舉大綱。師曰。水上浮漚呈五色。海底蝦蟇叫月明。問正當恁麼時文殊普賢在什麼處。師曰。長者八十一其樹不生耳。曰意旨如何。師曰。一則不成二則不是。

Question: "What is the sword of Dongshan?" The master said, "What are you doing?" The monk said, "The student wants to know." The master said, "My fault." Question: "Heaven and earth, cease to set your mind; the universe, do not keep it in your heart. If the student is just like this, what does the master do?" The master said, "At Xianshan Pavilion mist rises; the rapids are steep and do not keep a boat." Question: "The great assembly gathers like clouds. Please, master, pick out the essential pivot and briefly raise the general outline." The master said, "On the water floats foam displaying the five colors; the toad at the bottom of the sea calls to the bright moon." Question: "Just at such a time, where are Manjushri and Samantabhadra?" The master said, "The elder is eighty-one; that tree does not grow ears." He said, "What is the meaning?" The master said, "One way it is not complete; two ways it is not so."

信州康國耀和尚。僧問。文殊與維摩對譚何事。師曰。汝向髑髏後會始得。曰古人道。髑髏裡薦取又如何。師曰。汝還薦得麼。曰恁麼即遠人得遇於師去也。師曰。莫謾語好。

The Reverend Kangguo Yao of Xinzhou. A monk asked, "What matter did Manjushri and Vimalakirti discuss together?" The master said, "You must meet it after the skull." He said, "The ancients said, 'What about picking it up within the skull?' How is that?" The master said, "Can you pick it up?" He said, "If so, then this distant person has met the master." The master said, "Do not speak falsely."

潭州谷山豐禪師(亦住興元府普通院)僧問。師唱誰家曲宗風嗣阿誰。師曰。雪嶺梅華綻雲洞老僧驚。師上堂示眾曰。駿馬機前異遊人肘後懸。既參雲外客試為老僧看。才有僧出。師便打雲。何不早出頭來。

Chan Master Feng of Gushan in Tanzhou (also residing at the Putong Courtyard of Xingyuan Prefecture). A monk asked, "Whose song does the master sing, and whose clan style does he inherit?" The master said, "The plum blossoms at Xueling burst open, and the old monk of Yundong is startled." The master ascended the hall and addressed the assembly, saying, "Before the swift horse's mechanism, a strange traveler hangs it behind his elbow. Since you are guests beyond the clouds, try showing it for this old monk." Just as a monk came forward, the master struck him and said, "Why not come forth earlier?"

頴州羅漢匡界禪師僧問。如何是吹毛劍。師曰了。問和尚百年後。忽有人。問和尚向什麼處去。如何醻對。師曰。久後遇作家分明舉似曰誰是知音者。師曰。知音者即不恁麼問。問如何是羅漢境。師曰。松檜古貌。問鑿壁偷光時如何。師曰錯。曰爭奈苦志專心。師曰。錯錯。

Chan Master Kuangjie of Luohan in Yingzhou. A monk asked, "What is the sword that blows a hair and cuts it?" The master said, "Finished." Question: "A hundred years after the master's passing, if someone suddenly asks where the master has gone, how should one respond?" The master said, "In later times, when you meet an adept, bring it up clearly." He said, "Who is the one who knows the sound?" The master said, "One who knows the sound does not ask like that." Question: "What is the realm of Luohan?" The master said, "Ancient appearance of pines and junipers." Question: "What about boring through the wall to steal light?" The master said, "Wrong." He said, "But what about bitter resolve and single-minded concentration?" The master said, "Wrong, wrong."

朗州滄谿璘和尚。僧問。如何是滄谿境。師曰。面前水正東流。問如何是滄谿家風。師曰。入來便見。問是法住法位世間相常住。雲門和尚向什麼處去也。師曰。見麼。曰錯。師曰錯錯。問如何是西來意。師曰。不錯。師因事有頌曰。

The Reverend Lin of Cangxi in Langzhou. A monk asked, "What is the realm of Cangxi?" The master said, "Before you, the water is flowing due east." Question: "What is the family style of Cangxi?" The master said, "Enter and you will see." Question: "This Dharma abides in the Dharma position; worldly marks are ever enduring. Where has the Reverend Yunmen gone?" The master said, "Do you see?" He said, "Wrong." The master said, "Wrong, wrong." Question: "What is the meaning of the coming from the West?" The master said, "Not wrong." Because of some matter, the master had a verse, saying:

天地指前徑時人莫彊移

Heaven and earth point to the path ahead; people of the time, do not force it to shift.

箇中生解會眉上更安眉

If within this you produce understanding, you add eyebrows on top of eyebrows.

筠州洞山普利院第八世住清稟禪師泉州仙遊人也。姓李氏。幼禮中峰院鴻謐為師。年十六福州太平寺受戒。初詣南嶽參惟勁頭陀未染指。及抵韶陽禮祖塔迴造雲門。雲門問曰。今日離什麼處。曰慧林。雲門舉拄杖曰。慧林大師恁麼去。汝見麼。曰深領此問。雲門顧左右微笑而已。師自此入室印悟。乃之金陵。國主李氏請居光睦。未幾復命入澄心堂。集諸方語要。經十稔迎住洞山。開堂日維那白槌曰。法筵龍象象當觀第一義師曰。也好消息。只恐汝錯會。僧問。雲門一曲師親唱。今日新豐事若何。師曰。也要道卻。

Chan Master Qingbin, eighth-generation resident of the Puli Courtyard of Dongshan in Yunzhou, was a man of Xianyou in Quanzhou. His surname was Li. In childhood he took Hongmi of Zhongfeng Courtyard as his teacher. At age sixteen he received the precepts at Taiping Temple in Fuzhou. He first went to Nanyue to call on the ascetic Weijin, but had not yet dipped his finger in. When he reached Shaoyang and paid homage at the patriarch's pagoda, he returned and visited Yunmen. Yunmen asked, "Where have you come from today?" He said, "Huiliin." Yunmen raised his staff and said, "The Great Master of Huiliin goes like this. Do you see?" He said, "I deeply receive this question." Yunmen looked left and right and merely smiled. From then on the master entered the room and was sealed in awakening. He then went to Jinling. The ruler of the Li family invited him to reside at Guangmu. Before long, he was again commanded to enter Chengxin Hall. He collected the essential sayings of various quarters. After ten years, he was welcomed to reside at Dongshan. On the day of opening the hall, the weina struck the mallet and said, "The dragons and elephants in the Dharma assembly should contemplate the first principle." (The base text repeats the character "xiang".) The master said, "This is also good news. I only fear you will misunderstand." A monk asked, "The master personally sings a song of Yunmen; how about the matter of Xinfeng today?" The master said, "It must also be stated."

蘄州北禪寂和尚悟通大師。師問僧。什麼處來。曰黃州來。師曰。在什麼院。曰資福。師曰。福將何資。曰兩重公案師曰爭奈在北禪手裡何。曰在手裡即收取。師便打。

Chan Master Jiji, Wutong, of Beichan in Qizhou. The master asked a monk, "Where have you come from?" He said, "I have come from Huangzhou." The master said, "In what monastery?" He said, "Zifu." The master said, "How will blessings be bestowed?" He said, "A twofold public case." The master said, "What can be done about it being in Beichan's hands?" He said, "If it is in your hands, then take it." The master then struck him.

洪州泐潭道謙禪師。僧問。如何是泐潭家風。師曰。闍梨到來幾日。問但有纖毫即是塵。不有時作麼生。師以手掩兩目。問當陽舉唱誰是聞者。師曰。老僧不患耳聾。

Chan Master Daoqian of Letan in Hongzhou. A monk asked, "What is the family style of Letan?" The master said, "How many days since you arrived, Acharya?" He asked, "But a tiny hair is dust. What about when there is none?" The master covered both eyes with his hand. He asked, "When singing openly in broad daylight, who is the one who hears?" The master said, "This old monk does not suffer from deafness."

廬州南天王永平禪師。僧問。如何是西來意。師曰。不撒沙。問如何是南天王境。師曰。一任觀看。曰如何是境中人。師曰。且領前話。問久戰沙場為什麼功名不就。師曰。只為眠霜臥雪深。曰恁麼即罷息干戈束手歸朝去也。師曰。指揮使未到爾作。

Chan Master Yongping, Southern Heaven King, of Luzhou. A monk asked, "What is the meaning of the coming from the West?" The master said, "I do not scatter sand." He asked, "What is the realm of the Southern Heaven King?" The master said, "You are free to look." He said, "What is the person in the realm?" The master said, "Just take up the previous words." He asked, "Having long fought on the battlefield, why is merit and fame not achieved?" The master said, "Only because sleeping in frost and lying in snow is deep." He said, "If so, then I shall cease weapons and return to court with hands bound." The master said, "The commanding officer has not yet arrived for you to do so."

潮南永安朗禪師。僧問。如何是洞陽家風。師曰。入門便見。曰如何是入門便見。師曰。客是相師。問如何是至極之譚。師曰。愛別離苦。

Chan Master Yongan Lang of Hunan. (The base text has “Chaonan.”) A monk asked, "What is the family style of Dongyang?" The master said, "On entering the gate, one sees it." He said, "What is 'on entering the gate, one sees it'?" The master said, "The guest is a physiognomist." He asked, "What is the utmost talk?" The master said, "The suffering of separation from the beloved."

湖南潭明和尚。僧問。如何是湘潭境。師曰。山連大嶽水接瀟湘。曰如何是境中人。師曰。便合知時。問如何是佛法大意。師曰。百惑謾勞神。

Monk Tanming of Hunan. A monk asked, "What is the realm of Xiangtan?" The master said, "The mountains join the great peak; the waters meet the Xiao and Xiang." He said, "What is the person in the realm?" The master said, "You should know the time." He asked, "What is the great meaning of the Buddhadharma?" The master said, "A hundred delusions vainly weary the spirit."

金陵清涼明禪師。江南國主請師上堂。小長老問。凡有言句盡落方便。不落方便請師速道。師曰。國主在此不敢無禮。

Chan Master Ming of Qingliang in Jinling. The ruler of the state of Jiangnan invited the master to ascend the hall. The junior elder asked, "Whatever has words and phrases all falls into expedient means. Not falling into expedient means—please, master, speak quickly." The master said, "The ruler of the state is here; I dare not be rude."

金陵奉先深禪師。江南國主請開堂日才升座。維那白槌曰。法筵龍象眾當觀第一義。師便雲。果然不識鈍置殺人。時有僧出禮拜問。如何是第一義。師曰。賴遇道了也。曰如何領會。師曰。速禮三拜。師又拈曰。大眾汝道。鈍置落阿誰分上。

Chan Master Shen of Fengxian in Jinling. On the day the ruler of the state of Jiangnan invited him to open the hall, he had just ascended the seat. The karmadana struck the mallet and said, "The assembly of dragons and elephants in the Dharma seat should contemplate the foremost meaning." The master then said, "Indeed, not recognizing has dulled and killed people." At that time a monk came forward, bowed, and asked, "What is the foremost meaning?" The master said, "Fortunately, it has been spoken." He said, "How should one understand it?" The master said, "Quickly bow three times." The master then holding it up said, "Great assembly, tell me—on whose account does this dulling fall?"

西川青城大面山乘和尚。僧問。如何是相輪峰。師曰。直聳煙嵐際。曰向上事如何。師曰。入地三尺五。問如何是佛法大意。師曰。興義門前鼕鼕鼓。曰學人不會。師曰。朝打三千暮打八百。

Monk Cheng of Damian Mountain in Qingcheng, Xichuan. A monk asked, "What is the Xianglun Peak?" The master said, "It rises straight into the mist and haze." He said, "What about the matter above?" The master said, "Three feet five into the ground." He asked, "What is the great meaning of the Buddhadharma?" The master said, "The dong-dong drum before the Xingyi gate." He said, "The student does not understand." The master said, "In the morning strike three thousand, in the evening strike eight hundred."

潞府妙勝臻禪師。僧問。如何是妙勝境。師曰。龍藏開時貝葉分明。問金粟如來為什麼卻降釋迦會裡。師曰。香山南雪山北。曰南贍部洲事又作麼生。師曰。黃河水急浪華麁。問心心寂滅即不問。如何是向上一路。師曰。一條濟水貫新羅。問遠嚮雲門南北縱橫四維上下事作麼生。師曰。今日明日。

Chan Master Zhen of Miaosheng in Lu Prefecture. A monk asked, "What is the realm of Miaosheng?" The master said, "When the dragon canon opens, the palm-leaf pages are clear." He asked, "Why did Jinsu Tathagata appear in Shakyamuni's assembly?" The master said, "South of Fragrant Mountain, north of Snow Mountain." He said, "What about the affairs of Jambudvipa?" The master said, "The Yellow River's waters rush, waves and foam are coarse." He asked, "Mind after mind extinguished—I do not ask about that. What is the one road upward?" The master said, "One Ji River runs through Silla." He asked, "Far toward Yunmen, north and south, vertically and horizontally, the four directions and above and below—what about such matters?" The master said, "Today and tomorrow."

興元府普通封和尚。僧問。今日一會何似靈山。師曰。震動乾坤。問如何是普通境。師曰。庭前有竹三冬秀。戶內無燈午夜明。

Monk Putong Feng of Xingyuan Prefecture. A monk asked, "How does today's assembly compare to Vulture Peak?" The master said, "It shakes heaven and earth." He asked, "What is the realm of Putong?" The master said, "In the courtyard there are bamboos, splendid through the three winters; within the house there is no lamp, yet it is bright at midnight."

韶州燈峰淨原和尚。師上堂謂眾曰。古人道。山河大地普真如。大眾若得真如者。即隱卻他山河大地。若不得者即違他古德至言。眾中道得者出來。道不得即各自歸堂珍重。僧問。如何是和尚為人一句。師曰。不著力。

Chan Master Jingyuan of Dengfeng in Shaozhou. The Master ascended the hall and said to the assembly: "The ancients said, 'Mountains, rivers, and the great earth are universally True Suchness.' If you, great assembly, attain True Suchness, then you conceal those mountains, rivers, and the great earth. If you do not attain it, then you contradict the ancient worthies' ultimate words. Among the assembly, those who can speak up, come forward. If you cannot speak, then each return to the hall. Take care." A monk asked: "What is the one phrase by which you, Master, act for people?" The Master said: "No exertion."