筠州洞山悟本禪師語錄 1.148

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竊以絕韻之音，假玄唱以明宗，入理深談，以無功而會旨。混然體用，宛轉偏圓，亦猶投刃揮斤、輪扁得手，虛玄不犯，迴互傍參，寄鳥道而寥空，以玄路而該括。然雖空體寂然，不乖群動。於有句中無句，妙在體前；以無語中有語，迴途復妙。是以用而不動、寂而不凝，清風偃草而不搖、皓月普天而非照。蒼梧不棲於丹鳳，澂潭豈墜於紅輪？獨而不孤無根永固，雙明齊韻，事理俱融。是以高歌雪曲和者還稀，布鼓臨軒何人鳴擊？不達旨妙，難措幽微。儻或用而無功、寂而虛照，事理雙明，體用無滯，玄中之旨其有斯焉。

I observe that the sound beyond rhyme borrows mysterious chants to clarify the sect; deep discourse entering the principle integrates the purport through effortless action. Blended into one are substance and function, windingly shifting between partial and complete, just like the butcher handling the blade or Wheelwright Bian mastering his craft. The empty and mysterious are not infringed upon; interchanging and obliquely participating, lodging in the bird's path that clears the empty sky, encompassing all by the mysterious path. Yet although the empty substance is utterly tranquil, it does not contradict the multitude of movements. Having no phrase within a phrase, the wonder lies before the substance; having words within no words, the return path is wondrous once again. Therefore, functioning without moving, tranquil without coagulating; the pure wind bends the grass without shaking it, and the bright moon covers the sky without deliberate illumination. The parasol tree does not lodge the cinnabar phoenix; how could the clear pool drown the red wheel [of the sun]? Solitary but not lonely, rootless yet forever firm; dual brightness in equal rhyme, phenomenon and principle mutually fused. Thus when the high snow-song is sung, those who harmonize are rare indeed; when the cloth drum hangs by the veranda, who will strike it? Without reaching the wondrous purport, it is difficult to fathom the subtle profundity. If, perchance, functioning without effort, tranquil with empty illumination, phenomenon and principle both bright, substance and function without obstruction—such is the purport within the mystery.