瑞州洞山良价禪師語錄 1.99

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僧辭大慈，大慈問：「甚麼處去？」僧云：「江西去。」大慈云：「我勞汝一段事，得否？」僧云：「和尚有甚麼事？」大慈云：「將取老僧去得麼？」僧云：「更有過於和尚者，亦不能將去。」大慈便休。後僧舉似師。師云：「闍黎爭合恁麼道？」僧云：「和尚作麼生？」師云：「得。」（法眼別云：「和尚若去，某甲提笠子。」）師又問其僧：「大慈別有甚麼言句？」僧云：「有時示眾云：說得一丈，不如行取一尺；說得一尺，不如行取一寸。」師云：「我恁麼道？」僧云：「和尚作麼生？」師云：「說取行不得底，行取說不得底。」

A monk took leave of Daci. Daci asked, "Where are you going?" The monk said, "Going to Jiangxi." Daci said, "May I trouble you with a matter?" The monk said, "What matter does the upādhyāya have?" Daci said, "Could you take this old monk along with you?" The monk said, "Even someone who surpasses the upādhyāya could not be taken along." Daci then dropped the matter. Later, the monk recounted this to the Master. The Master said, "How could you speak like that, ācārya?" The monk said, "What would the upādhyāya say?" The Master said, "I can." (Fayan remarked instead, "If the upādhyāya goes, I shall carry the bamboo hat.") The Master also asked the monk, "Did Daci have any other sayings?" The monk said, "He once instructed the assembly, saying: 'To speak a zhang is not as good as to practice a chi; to speak a chi is not as good as to practice a cun.'" The Master said, "Would I say it that way?" The monk said, "What would the upādhyāya say?" The Master said, "Speak of what cannot be practiced; practice what cannot be spoken of."