筠州洞山悟本禪師語錄 1.102

1.102

江陵僧參大川（亦曰太湖），川問：「幾時發足江陵？」僧提起坐具。川曰：「謝子遠來，下去。」僧繞禪床一匝便出。川曰：「若不恁麼，爭知眼目端的？」僧拊掌曰：「苦殺人，幾錯判諸方老宿。」川曰：「甚得禪宗道理。」僧舉似丹霞，霞曰：「於大川法道即得，我這裏不然。」云：「未審此間作麼生？」霞曰：「猶較大川三步在。」僧禮拜。霞曰：「錯判諸方者多。」師曰：「不是丹霞，難分玉石。」

A monk of Jiangling called upon Dachuan (also called Taihu). Chuan asked, "When did you set out from Jiangling?" The monk lifted up his sitting-mat. Chuan said, "I thank you for coming from afar. Step down." The monk circled the meditation platform once and went out. Chuan said, "If not for doing so, how could one know the eye of reality?" The monk clapped his hands and said, "How agonizing! I nearly misjudged the old venerable masters of the various directions." Chuan said, "You have thoroughly grasped the principle of the Chan school." The monk cited this to Danxia. Danxia said, "In Dachuan's way of the Dharma, it works, but here with me it is not so." The monk said, "I do not know what it is like here." Danxia said, "You still fall short of Dachuan by three paces." The monk bowed. Danxia said, "There are many who misjudge the [masters of the] various directions." The Master said, "Had it not been for Danxia, it would be difficult to distinguish jade from stone."