大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 5.13

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第七依聽人。疏文有二：先明大意；後「即下諸眾」下，略指類別。疏「子期云喪」者，《列子》云「伯牙善鼓琴，鍾子期善聽。伯牙鼓琴，志在高山。子期曰：『善哉！峨峨兮若泰山。』志想流水。鍾子期云：『善哉！洋洋兮若江漢。』伯牙所念，鍾子期必得之。伯牙遊於泰山，又遇天陰卒逢暴雨，止於巖下，心悲乃援琴而鼓之。初為霖雨之操，更造崩山之音。音曲每奏，鍾子期輒窮其趣。伯牙乃捨琴而歎曰：『善哉！子之善聽。夫志想像猶吾心也，吾於何處以逃聲哉。』」《莊子》加云「鍾子期死，伯牙終身不復鼓琴。」《文選》云「士為知己者用，女為悅己者容。」明人之道術在遇知音，知音即聽者。

Seventh, [the condition of] relying on the persons who listen. The text of the commentary has two parts: first, clarifying the overarching meaning; next, from 'namely the various assemblies below' downward, briefly pointing to the distinct classes. As for 'Ziqi was said to have passed away' in the commentary: the Liezi states, 'Boya was skilled at playing the zither, and Zhong Ziqi was skilled at listening. When Boya played the zither, with his mind set on lofty mountains, Ziqi said: "Splendid! Lofty and towering like Mount Tai!" When his mind thought of flowing water, Zhong Ziqi said: "Splendid! Vast and surging like the Yangzi and Han Rivers!" Whatever Boya contemplated, Zhong Ziqi unfailingly grasped it. When Boya wandered on Mount Tai, he encountered overcast skies and suddenly met a violent downpour; stopping beneath a cliff, feeling sorrow in his heart, he took up the zither and played it. First he made a melody of continuous rain, and then composed the sounds of collapsing mountains. Whenever a tune was played, Zhong Ziqi would exhaustively penetrate its intent. Boya then set aside the zither and sighed: "Splendid! How well you listen! What is conceived in your imagination is like my very mind; where could I hide my sounds?"' The Zhuangzi adds: 'When Zhong Ziqi died, Boya never played the zither again for the rest of his life.' The Wen Xuan states: 'A gentleman acts for the one who understands him; a woman adorns herself for the one who delights in her.' This clarifies that a person's arts and methods depend on meeting an understanding listener; the understanding listener is the one who listens.