雲門匡真禪師廣錄 1.16

1.16

上堂云：「今日與諸人舉一則語，大眾聳聽。」良久，有僧出禮拜，擬伸問次，師以拄杖趁云：「似這般滅胡種，長連床上納飯阿師，堪什麼共語處？這般打野榸漢。」以拄杖一時趁下。問：「大眾雲集，合談何事？」師云：「向下文長，付在來日。」進云：「便與麼去時如何？」師云：「墮。」進云：「什麼處是墮？」師云：「長連床上飽喫飯了脫空妄語。」問：「靈山一會何似今日？」師云：「言中有響。」學云：「當今事作麼生？」師云：「不煩再問。」問：「以字不成八字不是，未審是什麼字？」師云：「九九八十一。」進云：「學人不會，乞師指示。」師云：「我又辜爾什麼處？」問：「從上古德得箇什麼便稱尊貴？」師云：「愛問不愛答。」進云：「與麼則不假和尚舌頭嚼去也。」師云：「熨斗煎茶銚不同。」問：「和尚為人語話，還有未道著底句也無？」師云：「說不及。」進云：「為什麼如此？」師云：「秖為如此。」問：「大拍盲底人來，師還接也無？」師放身倒。問：「如何是雲門山？」師云：「庚峯定穴。」問：「牙齒敲磕皆落名言，如何得不落古人蹤？」師云：「通機自辨。」問：「如何是和尚家風？」師云：「皮枯骨瘦。」問：「如何是道？」師云：「七顛八倒。」進云：「為什麼如此？」師云：「一不得向，二不得開。」問：「暗室得明時如何？」師云：「朗州此去多少？」

Ascending the hall, he said: "Today I will cite a case for all of you. Assembly, listen attentively!" After a long silence, a monk came forward, bowed, and was about to frame a question, when the Master drove him away with his staff, saying: "Destroyers of the barbarian seed like this, ācāryas who stuff down meals on the long bench—what use are they to talk with? Such stump-whacking rascals!" With his staff he drove them all down at once.

A monk asked: "When the great assembly gathers like clouds, what matter ought to be discussed?"
The Master said: "The text that follows is long; it is deferred to tomorrow."
He advanced and asked: "What about when one goes on like this?"
The Master said: "Fall."
He advanced and asked: "Where is the fall?"
The Master said: "After eating one's fill on the long bench, indulging in hollow and false words."

He asked: "How does the assembly on Vulture Peak compare with today?"
The Master said: "There is an echo within the words."
The student said: "What about the present matter?"
The Master said: "No need to ask again."

He asked: "It does not make the character yi (以), nor is it the character ba (八); I wonder, what character is it?"
The Master said: "Nine times nine is eighty-one."
He advanced and asked: "The student does not understand; I beg the Master to point it out."
The Master said: "Where have I ever let you down?"

He asked: "What did the ancient worthies of old attain that they were proclaimed exalted?"
The Master said: "Fond of asking, not fond of answering."
He advanced and asked: "If so, then one does not rely on the Upādhyāya's tongue to chew it over and go on."
The Master said: "The flatiron and the tea kettle are not the same."

He asked: "In the Upādhyāya's speech for the sake of others, is there still a phrase that has not yet been spoken?"
The Master said: "It cannot be reached by speech."
He advanced and asked: "Why is it like this?"
The Master said: "Just because it is like this."

He asked: "When a completely blind person comes, does the Master still receive them or not?"
The Master threw his body down.

He asked: "What is Mount Yunmen?"
The Master said: "The geng peak determines the cave."

He asked: "When the clashing of teeth all falls into names and words, how can one avoid falling into the traces of the ancients?"
The Master said: "Penetrating capacity distinguishes itself."

He asked: "What is the Upādhyāya's family style?"
The Master said: "Withered skin and emaciated bones."

He asked: "What is the Way?"
The Master said: "Topsy-turvy."
He advanced and asked: "Why is it like this?"
The Master said: "First, it cannot be faced; second, it cannot be unfolded."

He asked: "What about when illumination is obtained in a dark room?"
The Master said: "How far is it from here to Langzhou?"