樂邦文類 5.312

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后山又有三詩，亦志在西方，今撮其要句附于此。寄參寥詩曰：平生西方願，擺落區中緣，唯於世外人，相從可忘年。寄李學士詩曰：稍尋東剎論茲事，賴有西方托後車。別圓澄禪師詩曰：平生準擬西行計，老著人間此何意？他年佛會見頭陀，知是當年老居士。后山居士，真近代詩人冠冕，其拳拳樂邦乃如此，則凡風騷之士，豈可唯以呤安一箇字撚盡數莖髭為務耶？

Houshan also had three poems whose aspiration was likewise in the West; now I extract their essential lines and append them here. His poem sent to Canliao says: "My lifelong vow is for the West, / Shaking off the conditions within this realm; / Only with a person beyond the world / Can following one another make us forget the years." His poem sent to Academician Li says: "Gradually seeking the Eastern monastery to discuss this matter, / I rely on the West to provide the rear carriage." His poem parting from Chan Master Yuancheng says: "All my life I have made plans to journey to the West; / Aging in the human realm—what is the meaning of this? / In another year at the Buddha's assembly when meeting the dhūta, / You will know that it is that old layman of years gone by." Layman Houshan was truly the crown of modern poets; his earnestness toward the Land of Bliss was like this. How then could men of letters merely make it their business to twist off several beard hairs just to settle on a single word in a poem?