Jingde Record of the Transmission of the Lamp, Fascicle 3

前福州雙峰和尚法嗣

Dharma Heirs of the Former Venerable Shuangfeng of Fuzhou

雙峰古禪師(第二世)本業講經。因上雙峰禮謁。雙峰問雲。大德什麼處住。曰城裡住。雙峰曰。尋常還思老僧否。曰常思和尚無由禮覲。雙峰曰。只遮思底便是大德。師從此領旨即歸本寺。捨所居罷講入山執侍數年。後到石霜但隨眾而已。更不參請。眾僉謂。古侍者甞受雙峰印記。往往聞於石霜。霜欲詰其所悟。而未得其便。師因辭石霜。霜將拂子送出門首召曰。古侍者。師迴首。石霜曰。擬著即差。是著即乖。不擬不是。亦莫作箇會。除非知有。莫能知之。好去好去。師應喏喏。即前邁尋屬雙峰歸寂。師乃繼續住持。僧問。和尚當時秖對石霜。石霜恁麼道意作麼生。師曰。只教我不著是非(玄覺雲。且道他會石霜意不會)。

The Venerable Gu of Shuangfeng (second abbot). His original occupation was lecturing on the sutras. He went up to Shuangfeng to pay respects. Shuangfeng asked, "Where does the virtuous one live?" He said, "In the city." Shuangfeng said, "Do you often think of this old monk?" He said, "I often think of the Venerable but have no way to pay respects." Shuangfeng said, "Just this thinker is the virtuous one." The Master understood the teaching from this, returned to his own temple, gave up his residence, stopped lecturing, entered the mountain, and served as attendant for several years. Later he went to Shishuang but simply followed the assembly and did not visit or ask questions. All said that Attendant Gu had received Shuangfeng's seal of approval, and it was often heard at Shishuang. Shuang wished to question him on what he had awakened to but had not found the chance. The Master took leave of Shishuang. Shuang took his whisk and saw him off to the gate and called, "Attendant Gu." The Master turned his head. Shishuang said, "If you aim at it, you are off; if you take it as right, you are astray. Not aiming is not right either, and do not make an understanding of it. Unless you know it exists, you cannot know it. Go well, go well." The Master answered yes, yes, and went forward. Soon Shuangfeng entered stillness, and the Master continued as abbot. A monk asked, "At that time the Venerable only faced Shishuang; what was Shishuang's intention in speaking so?" The Master said, "He just taught me not to cling to right and wrong." (Xuanjue said: "Tell me, did he understand Shishuang's meaning or not?")

前徑山第三世洪諲禪師法嗣

Dharma Heirs of the Former Chan Master Hongyin, Third Generation of Jingshan

洪州米嶺和尚尋常垂語曰。莫過於此。僧問。未審是什麼莫過於此。師曰。不出是(其僧後問長慶。為什麼不出是。慶雲汝擬喚作什麼)。

The Venerable Miling of Hongzhou often gave the teaching, "Nothing surpasses this." A monk asked, "May I ask, what is it that nothing surpasses?" The Master said, "It does not go beyond 'is'." (That monk later asked Changqing: "Why does it not go beyond 'is'?" Qing said, "What are you going to call it?")

前揚州光孝院慧覺和尚法嗣

Dharma Heirs of the Former Venerable Huijue of Guangxiao Monastery in Yangzhou

道巘禪師廬州人也。姓劉氏。初參侍覺和尚。便領悟微言。即於湖南大光山剃度。暨化緣彌盛。受請止昇州長慶禪苑。師一日上堂謂眾曰。彌勒世尊朝入伽藍暮成正覺。乃說俱雲。

Chan Master Daoyu was a man of Luzhou, surnamed Liu. At first he visited and attended the Venerable Jue and at once grasped the subtle words. He was then tonsured at Daguang Mountain in Hunan. When his teaching conditions had flourished, he accepted an invitation to stay at Changqing Chan Monastery in Shengzhou. One day the Master ascended the hall and told the assembly, "The World-Honored Maitreya enters the monastery in the morning and attains correct awakening in the evening." He then spoke a verse:

三界上下法我說皆是心

The dharmas of the three realms, above and below, I say are all mind.

離於諸心法更無有可得

Apart from the dharmas of mind, there is nothing more to be obtained.

看他恁麼道也大殺惺惺。若比吾徒猶是鈍漢。所以一念見道三世情盡。如印印泥更無前後。諸子生死事大快須薦取。莫為等閑業識茫茫。蓋為迷己逐物。世尊臨入涅槃。文殊請佛再轉法輪。世尊咄文殊言。吾四十九年住世。不曾一字與人。汝請吾再轉法輪。是謂吾曾轉法輪也。然今時眾中建立箇賓主問答。事不獲已蓋為初心爾。僧問。如何是長慶境。師曰。闍梨履踐看。問如何是佛法大意。師曰。古人豈不道。今日三月三。僧曰。學人不會。師曰。止止不須說。我法妙難思。便下坐。咸平二年歸寂。

Look at how he speaks, so very alert. Compared with my followers, he would still be a dull fellow. Therefore with one thought one sees the Way, and the feelings of the three times are exhausted; like a seal pressed in mud, there is no before or after. Disciples, the matter of birth and death is great; you must quickly take it up and not treat it lightly. Karmic consciousness is vast and dim only because of being deluded about oneself and chasing after things. When the World-Honored One was about to enter nirvana, Manjusri asked the Buddha to turn the Dharma wheel again. The World-Honored One scolded Manjusri: "I have lived in the world forty-nine years and have never given a single word to anyone. You ask me to turn the Dharma wheel again, which means I had turned the Dharma wheel before." Yet now, setting up question and answer of guest and host among the assembly is unavoidable, just for beginners. A monk asked, "What is the realm of Changqing?" The Master said, "Walk it yourself and see." He asked, "What is the great meaning of the Buddha Dharma?" The Master said, "Did the ancients not say: today is the third day of the third month." The monk said, "I do not understand." The Master said, "Stop, stop, no need to speak; my Dharma is wondrous and hard to think." He then came down from the seat. In the second year of Xianping he passed into stillness.

懷讓禪師第六世前仰山南塔光湧禪師法嗣

Sixth Generation from Chan Master Huairang: Dharma Heirs of the Former Chan Master Guangyong of the South Pagoda on Yangshan

越州清化全付禪師。吳郡崑山人也。父賈販。師隨至豫章。聞禪會之盛遂啟求出家。即詣江夏投清平大師。清平問曰。汝來何求。曰求法也。清平異而攝受之。尋登戒度奉事彌謹。一旦自謂曰。學無常師豈宜匏繫於此乎。即辭抵宜春仰山禮南塔湧和尚。湧問。從何而來。師曰。鄂州來。湧曰。鄂州使君名什麼。曰化下不敢相觸。湧曰。此地通不畏。師曰。大丈夫何必相試。湧囅然而笑。遂蒙印可乃遊廬陵。安福縣宰為建應國禪苑。迎以聚徒本道。上聞賜名清化焉。僧問。如何是和尚急切為人處。師曰。朝看東南暮看西北。僧曰。不會。師曰。徒誇東陽客不識西陽珍。問如何是正法眼。師曰。不可青天白日尿床也。師後因同里僧勉還故國。錢氏文穆王特加禮重。晉天福二年丁酉歲錢氏戍將闢雲峰山建院。亦以清化為名。法侶臻萃。僧問。如何是佛法大意。師曰。華表柱頭木鶴飛。問路逢達道人不將語默對。未審將什麼對。師曰。眼裡瞳人吹叫子。問和尚年多少。師曰。始見去年九月九。如今又見秋葉黃。僧曰。恁麼即無數也。師曰。問取黃葉。曰畢竟事如何。師曰。六隻骰子滿盆紅。問亡僧遷化向什麼處去。師曰。長江無間斷聚沫任風飄。曰還受祭祀也無。師曰祭祀即不無。僧曰。如何祭祀。師曰。漁歌舉櫂谷裡聞聲。至忠獻王賜以紫方袍。師不受。王改以衲衣。仍號純一禪師。師曰。吾非飾讓也。慮後人倣吾而逞欲耳。開運四年丁未秋七月示疾安然坐逝。有大風震摧林木。壽六十六。臘四十五。

Chan Master Quanfu of Qinghua in Yuezhou was a man of Kunshan in Wu Commandery. His father was a merchant. The Master followed him to Yuzhang and heard of the flourishing Chan assemblies, and so asked to leave home. He then went to Jiangxia and joined Great Master Qingping. Qingping asked, "What do you seek by coming?" He said, "I seek the Dharma." Qingping found him unusual and took him in. Soon he received the precepts, and served with great care. One morning he said to himself, "Learning has no fixed teacher; how should I be tied here like a gourd?" He took leave and went to Yichun and Yangshan to pay respects to Venerable Yong of the South Pagoda. Yong asked, "Where do you come from?" The Master said, "From Ezhou." Yong said, "What is the name of the prefect of Ezhou?" He said, "In the prefect's domain I dare not touch his name." Yong said, "Here nothing is feared." The Master said, "A great man need not test others." Yong smiled and gave his approval. He then traveled to Luling. The magistrate of Anfu County built Yingguo Chan Monastery to invite him and gather students. The route authorities reported it above, and it was given the name Qinghua. A monk asked, "What is the Venerable's urgent way of helping people?" The Master said, "In the morning look southeast, in the evening look northwest." The monk said, "I do not understand." The Master said, "Boasting only of the guest from Dongyang, he does not recognize the treasure of Xiyang." He asked, "What is the true Dharma eye?" The Master said, "One must not wet the bed in broad daylight." The Master later, urged by a monk from his own village, returned to his home region. King Wenmu of the Qian family gave him special respect. In the dingyou year, the second year of Tianfu of the Jin, a Qian garrison general opened Yunfeng Mountain to build a monastery, also called Qinghua, and Dharma companions gathered. A monk asked, "What is the great meaning of the Buddha Dharma?" The Master said, "A wooden crane flies from the top of the memorial pillar." He asked, "Meeting a person who has reached the Way on the road, one answers with neither speech nor silence; what does one answer with?" The Master said, "The pupil in the eye blows a whistle." He asked, "How old is the Venerable?" The Master said, "I first saw last year's ninth month ninth day, and now I see autumn leaves turning yellow again." The monk said, "Then there is no number." The Master said, "Ask the yellow leaves." He asked, "What is the final matter?" The Master said, "Six dice, a full bowl of red." He asked, "A deceased monk has passed away; where does he go?" The Master said, "The Yangtze has no break; the gathered foam drifts with the wind." He asked, "Does he still receive sacrifices?" The Master said, "Sacrifices are not absent." The monk said, "How are sacrifices made?" The Master said, "A fisherman's song, raising the oars, the sound heard in the valley." When King Zhongxian gave him a purple square robe, the Master did not accept it. The king changed it to a patched robe and gave him the title Chan Master Chunyi. The Master said, "I am not feigning modesty. I fear later people will imitate me and indulge their desires." In the autumn, the seventh month of the dingwei year, the fourth year of Kaiyun, he showed illness and calmly died seated. A great wind shook and broke the trees of the forest. He was sixty-six, with forty-five years as a monk.

郢州芭蕉山慧清禪師新羅人。問如何是芭蕉水。師曰。冬溫夏涼。問如何是吹毛劍。師曰。進前三步。僧曰。用者如何。師曰。退後三步。問如何是和尚為人一句。師曰。只恐闍梨不問。師上堂謂眾曰。會麼相悉者少珍重。問不語有問時如何。師曰。未出三門千里程。問如何是自己。師曰。望南看北斗。問光境俱亡復是何物。師曰知。曰知箇什麼。師曰。建州九郎。問如何是提婆宗。師曰。赤幡在左。師問僧近離什麼處。曰請師試道看。師曰。將謂是舶上商人。元來是當州小客。問不問二頭三首。請師直指本來面目。師默然正坐。問賊來須打客來須看。忽遇客賊俱來時如何。師曰。屋裡有一緉破草鞋。曰只如破草鞋還堪受用也無。師曰。汝若將去前兇後不吉問北斗裡藏身意旨如何。師曰。九九八十一。師又曰。會麼。僧曰不會。師曰。一二三四五。問古佛未出興時如何。師曰。千年茄子根。曰出興後如何。師曰。金剛努出眼。師上堂良久曰。也大相辱珍重。

Chan Master Huiqing of Mount Bajiao in Yingzhou was a Silla man. A monk asked: "What is Bajiao's water?" The Master said: "Warm in winter, cool in summer." He asked: "What is the hair-splitting sword?" The Master said: "Come forward three steps." The monk said: "And how does one who uses it do?" The Master said: "Step back three steps." He asked: "What is the Reverend's one phrase for helping people?" The Master said: "I only fear you will not ask." The Master ascended the hall and said to the assembly: "Do you understand? Those who know each other are few. Take care." He asked: "What if one is asked when one does not speak?" The Master said: "Before leaving the mountain gate, a journey of a thousand li." He asked: "What is the self?" The Master said: "Facing south, look at the Big Dipper." He asked: "When both light and objects are forgotten, what is it then?" The Master said: "Knowing." He asked: "Knowing what?" The Master said: "Ninth son of Jianzhou." He asked: "What is Deva's school?" The Master said: "The red banner is on the left." The Master asked a monk: "Where have you come from lately?" He said: "Please try saying it, Master." The Master said: "I took you for a merchant on a trading ship, but you are just a small traveler of this very prefecture." He asked: "I do not ask about two heads or three heads; please directly point out the original face, Master." The Master sat in silence, upright. He asked: "When a thief comes one must strike, when a guest comes one must look; what if a guest and a thief come together?" The Master said: "In the house there is a pair of broken straw sandals." He asked: "Are the broken straw sandals still usable?" The Master said: "If you take them away, the front will be ill-fated and the back inauspicious." He asked: "What is the meaning of hiding the body in the Big Dipper?" The Master said: "Nine nines are eighty-one." The Master said again: "Do you understand?" The monk said: "I do not." The Master said: "One, two, three, four, five." He asked: "What is it like before an ancient Buddha appeared in the world?" The Master said: "A thousand-year-old eggplant root." He asked: "What about after he appeared?" The Master said: "The Vajra glares wide-eyed." The Master ascended the hall, and after a long silence said: "This is a great humiliation. Take care."

韶州昌樂縣黃連山義初號明微大師。問三乘十二分教即不問。請師開口不答話。師曰。寶華臺上定古今。曰如何是寶華臺上定古今。師曰。一點墨子輪流不移。曰學人全體不會。請師指示。師曰。靈覺雖轉空華不墜。問古路無蹤如何進步。師曰。金烏遶須彌。元與劫同時。曰恁麼即得達於彼岸也。師曰。黃河三千年一度清。廣南劉氏嚮師道化。請入府內說法僧問。人王與法王相見時如何。師曰。兩鏡相照萬像歷然。曰法王心要達磨西來。五祖付與曹溪。自此不傳衣缽。未審碧玉階前將何付囑。師曰。石羊水上行。木馬夜翻駒。僧曰。恁麼即我王有感萬國歸朝。師曰。時人盡唱太平歌問如何是佛。師曰。胸題卍字背負圓光。僧問如何是道。師展兩手示之。僧曰。佛之與道相去幾何。師曰。如水如波。

Yichu of Mount Huanglian in Changle County, Shaozhou, titled Great Master Mingwei. A monk asked: "I do not ask about the Three Vehicles and twelve divisions of teaching; please open your mouth without answering, Master." The Master said: "On the Jewel Flower Terrace he settles past and present." He asked: "What is settling past and present on the Jewel Flower Terrace?" The Master said: "One dot of ink turns around and does not move." He asked: "This student understands nothing at all; please give instruction, Master." The Master said: "Though spiritual awareness turns, empty flowers do not fall." He asked: "The ancient road has no trace; how does one advance?" The Master said: "The golden crow circles Mount Sumeru, and from the beginning is of the same time as the kalpa." He asked: "Then one can reach the other shore." The Master said: "The Yellow River runs clear once in three thousand years." The Liu family of Guangnan was drawn to the Master's teaching and invited him into the palace to preach. A monk asked: "When the king of men and the king of Dharma meet, what then?" The Master said: "Two mirrors reflecting each other, the myriad forms distinct." He asked: "The essentials of the Dharma King's mind: Bodhidharma came from the West, the Fifth Patriarch entrusted it to Caoxi, and from then the robe and bowl were no longer transmitted. I do not know what is entrusted before the jade steps?" The Master said: "A stone sheep walks on the water, a wooden horse foals at night." The monk said: "Then my king has been moved, and the ten thousand states come to court." The Master said: "People of the time all sing songs of peace." He asked: "What is Buddha?" The Master said: "The swastika inscribed on the chest, a round halo on the back." A monk asked: "What is the Way?" The Master spread his two hands to show him. The monk said: "How far apart are Buddha and the Way?" The Master said: "Like water and waves."

韶州慧林鴻究號妙濟大師。有僧問。千聖常行此路如何是此路。師曰。果然不見。問魯祖面壁意如何。師曰。有什麼雪處。問如何是急切事師曰。鈍漢。問如何是和尚家風。師曰。諸方例大。問定慧等學明見理性如何。師曰。新修梵宇。

Hongjiu of Huilin in Shaozhou, titled Great Master Miaoji. A monk asked: "A thousand sages always walk this road; what is this road?" The Master said: "Sure enough, you do not see it." He asked: "What is the meaning of Luzu facing the wall?" The Master said: "Where is there anything to wash away?" He asked: "What is the urgent matter?" The Master said: "Dullard." He asked: "What is the Reverend's family style?" The Master said: "All quarters are big as a rule." He asked: "Studying concentration and wisdom equally, clearly seeing the principle and nature, how is it?" The Master said: "A newly built Buddhist hall."

前仰山西塔光穆禪師法嗣

Dharma Heirs of the Former Chan Master Guangmu of the West Pagoda on Mount Yang

吉州資福如寶禪師。僧問。如何是應機之句。師默然。問如何是玄旨。師曰。汝與我掩卻門。問魯祖面壁意作麼生。師曰。勿交涉。問如何是從上真正眼。師搥胸曰。蒼天蒼天。僧曰。借問又何妨師曰困。問遮箇還受學也無。師曰。未曾钁地栽虛空。問如何是衲僧急切處。師曰。不過此問。僧曰。學人未問已前請師道。師曰噫。問諸方盡皆妙用。未審和尚此間如何。師曰噫。問古人拈搥竪拂此理如何。師曰瘂。問如何是一路涅槃門。師彈指一聲。又展開兩手。僧曰。如何領會。師曰。不是秋月明子自橫行八九。問如何是和尚家風。師曰。飯後三椀茶。師一日拈起蒲團示眾雲。諸佛菩薩及入理聖人。皆從遮裡出。便擲下擘胸開曰。作麼生。眾無對。問學人創入叢林一夏將末。未蒙和尚指教願垂提拯。師托開其僧乃曰。老僧自住持來未曾瞎卻一僧眼。師有時坐良久。周視左右曰。會麼。眾曰。不會。師曰。不會即謾汝去也。師一日將蒲團於頭上曰。汝諸人恁麼時難共語。眾無對。師將坐卻曰。猶較些子。

Chan Master Rubao of Zifu in Jizhou. A monk asked: "What is a phrase that responds to the occasion?" The Master was silent. He asked: "What is the profound meaning?" The Master said: "You close the door for me." He asked: "What is the meaning of Luzu facing the wall?" The Master said: "No connection." He asked: "What is the true eye handed down from the past?" The Master beat his chest and said: "O blue heaven, blue heaven." The monk said: "What harm is there in just asking?" The Master said: "Tired." He asked: "Does this still receive teaching?" The Master said: "I have never hoed the ground to plant empty space." He asked: "What is the urgent point of a patched-robe monk?" The Master said: "It does not go beyond this question." The monk said: "Before this student asked, please speak, Master." The Master said: "Hey." He asked: "All other places show wondrous function; I do not know how it is here with the Reverend?" The Master said: "Hey." He asked: "The ancients took up the mallet or raised the whisk; what is the principle?" The Master said: "Mute." He asked: "What is the one gateway to nirvana?" The Master snapped his fingers once, then spread both hands. The monk said: "How should I understand it?" The Master said: "It is not that the autumn moon is bright; you yourself go sideways eight or nine." He asked: "What is the Reverend's family style?" The Master said: "Three bowls of tea after a meal." One day the Master picked up a cushion and showed it to the assembly, saying: "All buddhas and bodhisattvas and sages who have entered the principle come out of this." He then threw it down, opened his chest, and said: "What now?" The assembly had no reply. A monk asked: "This student has newly entered the monastery, and the summer is nearly over, and I have not received the Reverend's instruction; I hope you will lift me up." The Master pushed the monk aside and said: "Since this old monk became abbot, I have never blinded a single monk's eyes." Sometimes the Master would sit for a long time and look around at the left and right and say: "Do you understand?" The assembly said: "We do not." The Master said: "If you do not understand, I am deceiving you." One day the Master put a cushion on his head and said: "At times like this it is hard to talk with you." The assembly had no reply. The Master sat down and said: "Still a little better."

前灌谿志閑禪師法嗣

Dharma Heirs of the Former Chan Master Zhixian of Guanxi

池州魯祖山教和尚僧問。如何是目前事。師曰。絲竹未將為樂器。架上葫蘆猶未收。問如何是雙林樹。師曰。有相身中無相身。曰如何是有相身中無相身。師曰。金香山下鐵崑崙。問如何是高峰孤宿底人。師曰。半夜日頭明日午打三更。問如何是格外事。師曰。化導緣終後虛空更那邊問進向無門時如何。師曰。太鈍生。僧曰。不是鈍根直下進向無門時如何。師曰。靈機未曾論邊際。執法無邊在暗中。問如何是學人著力處。師曰。春來草自青月上已天明。曰如何是不著力處。師曰崩山石頭落平川燒火行。

The Monk Jiao of Mount Luzu in Chizhou. A monk asked: "What is the matter before one's eyes?" The Master said: "The strings and bamboo have not yet been made into instruments, and the gourd on the rack has not yet been taken in." He asked: "What are the twin sala trees?" The Master said: "The formless body within the body of form." He asked: "What is the formless body within the body of form?" The Master said: "An iron Kunlun beneath Mount Jinxiang." He asked: "What is the person who lodges alone on the high peak?" The Master said: "The sun is bright at midnight, and the third watch is struck at noon." He asked: "What is the matter beyond the norm?" The Master said: "After the conditions for teaching and guiding have ended, empty space has yet another side." He asked: "What is it like when one advances and there is no gate?" The Master said: "Too dull." The monk said: "It is not dullness of faculties; I mean right now when one advances and there is no gate, what then?" The Master said: "Spiritual awareness has never been discussed in terms of limits; clinging to the Dharma is limitless and in the dark." He asked: "What is the place where this student should apply effort?" The Master said: "When spring comes the grass turns green by itself, and when the moon rises it is already light." He asked: "What is the place where one does not apply effort?" The Master said: "The mountain collapses and stones fall; on the level plain a fire burns and moves."

魏府興化存獎禪師法嗣

Dharma Heirs of Chan Master Cunjiang of Xinghua in Weifu

汝州寶應和尚(亦曰南院第一世住顒禪師)上堂示眾曰。赤肉團上壁立千仞。時有僧問。赤肉團上壁立千仞。豈不是和尚道。師曰是。其僧乃掀禪床。師曰。遮瞎驢便棒。師問僧。近離什麼處。曰長水。師曰東流西流。曰總不恁麼。師曰作麼生。僧珍重。師打之。趁下法堂。僧到參。師舉拂子。僧曰。今日敗闕。師放下拂子。僧曰。猶有遮箇在。師乃棒之。師問僧。近離什麼處。曰近離襄州。師曰。來作什麼。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。又喝作什麼。僧又喝。師乃棒之。其僧禮拜。師曰。遮棒本分汝打我我且打汝。三五棒要此話。大行思明和尚未住西院時。到參禮拜後白曰。別無好物人事。從許州買得一口江西剃刀來獻和尚。師雲汝從許州來。什麼處得江西剃刀。明把師手掐一下。師雲。侍者收取。明拂袖而去。師雲。阿剌剌。師上堂雲。諸方只具啐啄同時眼。不具啐啄同時用。時有僧便問。如何是啐啄同時用。師雲。作家相見不啐啄。啐啄同時失。僧雲。此猶未是某甲問處。師雲。汝問處又作麼生。僧雲。失師乃打之。其僧不肯。其僧後於雲門會下聞二僧舉前因緣。一僧雲。當時南院棒折那僧聞此語忽然大悟。方見南院答話處。其僧卻來汝州省覲值師已遷化。乃訪風穴。風穴認得便問。上座是當時問南院啐啄同時話底麼。僧雲是。穴雲會也未。僧雲會也。穴雲爾當時作麼生會。僧雲。某甲當時如在燈影裡行相似。穴雲汝會也。

The Monk Baoying of Ruzhou (also called Nanyuan; abbot of the first generation, Chan Master Yong). He ascended the hall and said to the assembly: "On the lump of red flesh stand walls a thousand fathoms high." At that time a monk asked: "On the lump of red flesh stand walls a thousand fathoms high; is that not what the Reverend said?" The Master said: "It is." The monk then overturned the meditation seat. The Master said: "This blind donkey." and struck him. The Master asked a monk: "Where have you come from lately?" He said: "Changshui." The Master said: "Does it flow east or flow west?" He said: "Neither." The Master said: "What then?" The monk took his leave. The Master struck him and chased him out of the Dharma hall. A monk came to call. The Master raised his whisk. The monk said: "Today I am defeated." The Master put down the whisk. The monk said: "There is still this here." The Master struck him. The Master asked a monk: "Where have you come from lately?" He said: "Lately from Xiangzhou." The Master said: "What did you come to do?" He said: "I came especially to pay respects to the Reverend." The Master said: "Just as old Baoying is not here." The monk shouted. The Master said: "I tell you he is not here, so what are you shouting for?" The monk shouted again. The Master struck him. The monk bowed. The Master said: "By rights this stick should have you strike me, but I will strike you first. Three or five strokes will make this talk spread widely." When the Monk Siming had not yet lived at the West Courtyard, he came to call. After bowing, he announced: "I have no fine gift. I bought a Jiangxi razor in Xuzhou and bring it as an offering to the Reverend." The Master said: "You came from Xuzhou; where did you get a Jiangxi razor?" Ming pinched the Master's hand once. The Master said: "Attendant, take it." Ming flicked his sleeve and left. The Master said: "Ah la la." The Master ascended the hall and said: "Everywhere only has the eye for pecking and tapping at the same time, but not the function of pecking and tapping at the same time." At that time a monk asked: "What is the function of pecking and tapping at the same time?" The Master said: "When masters meet there is no pecking and tapping; if there is pecking and tapping at the same time, it is lost." The monk said: "This is still not what I wanted to ask." The Master said: "What then is your question?" The monk said: "Lost." The Master struck him. The monk was not convinced. Later this monk, at Yunmen's assembly, heard two monks bring up the earlier incident. One monk said: "At that time did Nanyuan's stick break?" The monk, hearing this, suddenly awakened greatly, and only then saw the place where Nanyuan had answered. The monk then came to Ruzhou to pay respects, but the Master had already passed away, and so he visited Fengxue. Fengxue recognized him and asked: "Venerable, are you the one who asked Nanyuan about pecking and tapping at the same time?" The monk said: "I am." Xue said: "Do you understand?" The monk said: "I understand." Xue said: "How did you understand it at the time?" The monk said: "At that time it was as if I were walking in the shadow of a lamp." Xue said: "You understand."

前寶壽沼和尚法嗣

Dharma Heirs of the Former Monk Zhao of Baoshou

汝州西院思明禪師有人問。如何是伽藍。師曰。荊棘叢林。曰如何是伽藍中人。師曰。獾兒狢子。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。師打之。僧從漪到法席旬日乃曰莫道會佛法人。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。師又曰錯從漪漪復近前。師曰。適來兩錯是上座錯是思明老錯。曰是從漪錯。師曰錯。又曰。上座且遮裡過夏共汝商量遮兩錯。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。勘我連下三箇錯。更待留我過夏商量。我不說恁麼時錯。我當時發足擬向南去。便知道錯了也(首山省念和尚雲。據天平作恁麼會解未夢見西院在。何故話在)。

Chan Master Siming of the West Courtyard in Ruzhou. Someone asked: "What is a monastery?" The Master said: "A forest of brambles." He asked: "What is a person in the monastery?" The Master said: "Badger cubs and raccoon dogs." He asked: "What is Linji's shout?" The Master said: "A crossbow of a thousand jun does not release its trigger for a mouse." He asked: "Where is the Reverend's compassion?" The Master struck him. A monk, Cong Yi, came to the Dharma seat and after ten days said: "Do not talk of those who understand the Buddha Dharma; is there even one who can bring up a topic?" The Master heard it and was silent. Another day Yi was going up to the Dharma hall. The Master called: "Cong Yi." Yi raised his head. The Master said: "Wrong." Yi advanced two or three steps. The Master said again: "Wrong." Cong Yi moved closer again. The Master said: "Just now there were two wrongs; was it the Venerable who was wrong, or old Siming who was wrong?" He said: "It was Cong Yi who was wrong." The Master said: "Wrong." He said further: "Venerable, stay here for the summer retreat and let us discuss these two wrongs together." Yi would not and left. Later he lived on Mount Tianping in Xiangzhou. Whenever he brought up the earlier story, he said: "When I was traveling, a bad wind blew me to Ruzhou. The Elder of the West Courtyard tested me and gave me three wrongs in a row, and still wanted to keep me for the summer to discuss it. I do not say that those were the wrongs. When I set out at that time intending to go south, I already knew it was wrong." (The Monk Shoushan Xingnian said: "Going by what Tianping understood, he has not even dreamed of the West Courtyard. Why? The story is in it.")

寶壽和尚(第二世住)有僧問。如何是祖。師曰。面黑眼睛白。問蹋倒化城時如何。師曰。死漢不斬。僧曰斬。師乃打。

The Monk of Baoshou (second generation abbot). A monk asked: "What is the Patriarch?" The Master said: "Black face, white eyes." He asked: "What about trampling down the Conjured City?" The Master said: "A dead man is not beheaded." The monk said: "Behead him." The Master struck him.

前三聖慧然禪師法嗣

Dharma Heirs of the Former Chan Master Huiran of Sansheng

鎮州大悲和尚有僧問。除上去下請師便道。師曰。我開口即錯。僧曰。真是學人師。師曰。今日向弟子手裡死。

The Monk Dabei of Zhenzhou. A monk asked: "Leaving aside above and below, please speak right now, Master." The Master said: "If I open my mouth, it is wrong." The monk said: "Truly a teacher of students." The Master said: "Today I die in the hands of a disciple."

淄州水陸和尚有僧問。如何是學人用心處。師曰。用心即錯。僧曰。不起一念時如何。師曰。勿用處漢。問此事如何保任師曰。切忌。問如何是最初一句。師便喝。問狹路相逢時如何。師便攔胸托一托。

The Monk Shuilu of Zizhou. A monk asked: "Where should this student apply his mind?" The Master said: "To apply mind is wrong." The monk said: "What if not a single thought arises?" The Master said: "A fellow in a place where nothing is used." He asked: "How should this matter be maintained?" The Master said: "Strictly avoid it." He asked: "What is the very first phrase?" The Master just shouted. He asked: "What when we meet on a narrow road?" The Master pushed him once across the chest.

前魏府大覺和尚法嗣

Dharma Heirs of the Former Monk Dajue of Weifu

廬州大覺和尚。問牛頭未見四祖時為什麼鳥獸銜華。師曰。有恁麼畜生。曰見後為什麼不來銜華。師曰。無恁麼畜生。

The Monk Dajue of Luzhou. A monk asked: "Before Niutou had seen the Fourth Patriarch, why did birds and beasts offer flowers in their beaks?" The Master said: "There are such animals." He asked: "After he had seen him, why did they not come to offer flowers?" The Master said: "There are no such animals."

廬州澄心院旻德和尚在興化時。遇興化和尚示眾雲若是作家戰將。便請單刀直入。更莫如何若何。師出禮三拜起而喝。興化亦喝。師再喝。化亦喝。師乃作禮歸眾。化雲。旻德今夜較卻興化二十棒。然雖如是是他旻德會旻。德且不是喝。

The Monk Minde of Chengxin Courtyard in Luzhou. When he was at Xinghua, Monk Xinghua addressed the assembly, saying: "If you are a true warrior, then step forward with a single sword and nothing more, no 'how' or 'what.'" The Master came out, bowed three times, rose, and shouted. Xinghua also shouted. The Master shouted again. Hua also shouted. The Master then bowed and returned to the assembly. Hua said: "Minde tonight has bested Xinghua by twenty blows. Even so, it is that Minde understands. Minde's was not a shout."

汝州南院和尚。問匹馬單槍來時如何。師曰。待我斫棒。問上上根器人還接否。師曰接。僧曰。便請師接。師曰。且得平交。師問新到僧。近離什麼處。曰漢上。師曰。汝也罪過我也罪過。僧無語。師見新到僧乃搊住曰。作麼生作麼生。僧無對。師曰。三十年馬騎今日卻被驢撲(一作學馬伎又作弄馬騎)。有僧新到。師曰敗也乃拋下柱杖。僧曰。恁麼語話。師便打。

The Monk Nanyuan of Ruzhou. A monk asked: "What if one comes with a single horse and a single spear?" The Master said: "Wait while I cut a stick." He asked: "Do you also receive people of the highest faculties?" The Master said: "I receive them." The monk said: "Then please receive me, Master." The Master said: "For now, equal exchange." The Master asked a newly arrived monk: "Where have you come from lately?" He said: "The Han River." The Master said: "You are at fault and I am at fault." The monk was speechless. The Master, seeing a newly arrived monk, grabbed him and said: "What now, what now?" The monk had no reply. The Master said: "Thirty years riding horses, and today I am thrown by a donkey." (Another version says: learning horse tricks, or playing at riding horses.) A monk newly arrived. The Master said: "Defeated." and threw down his staff. The monk said: "What kind of talk is this?" The Master struck him.