袁州仰山慧寂禪師語錄 1.61

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師臥次，僧問云：「法身還解說法也無？」師云：「我說不得，別有一人說得。」云：「說得底人在甚麼處？」師推出枕子。溈山聞云：「寂子用劍刃上事。」（徑山杲云：「溈山正是憐兒不覺醜，仰山推出枕子已是漏逗，更著箇名字，喚作劍刃上事，誤他學語之流，便恁麼承虛接響流通將去。妙喜雖則借水獻華，要且理無曲斷，即今莫有傍不肯底出來。我要問爾推出枕子，還當得法身說法也無？」天童華云：「若是劍刃上事，寂子何曾會用？忽有箇僧出來問法身還解說法也無，向他道我說不得，別有一人說得。又問說得底人在甚處，只向他道三生六十劫。」靈隱嶽云：「仰山從前一條脊梁硬如鐵，被這僧連拶，便乃四楞塌地。溈山一期忍俊不禁，不知失却一隻眼。忽有僧問冶父，法身還解說法也無，便與攔胸一踏踏倒，教伊起來作箇灑灑落落底漢。不見道：『犀因翫月紋生角，象被雷驚華入牙。』」）

While the Master was lying down, a monk asked, "Can the Dharma-body still preach the Dharma or not?" The Master said, "I cannot speak of it, but someone else can speak of it." The monk said, "Where is the person who can speak of it?" The Master pushed forward his pillow. When Guishan heard of this, he said, "Jizi acts upon the edge of a sword." (Jingshan Gao said, "Guishan truly dotes on his child without seeing his ugliness. For Yangshan to push forward the pillow was already a leak; giving it another name, calling it 'acting upon the edge of a sword,' misleads those who study words to chase after emptiness, catch echoes, and circulate it like this. Although Miaoxi borrows water to present flowers, still the principle admits of no crooked judgment: at this moment, is there anyone who disagrees who will come forward? I want to ask you: when he pushed forward the pillow, did it still count as the Dharma-body preaching the Dharma or not?" Tiantong Hua said, "If it were acting upon the edge of a sword, when did Jizi ever know how to wield it? If a monk suddenly came out and asked whether the Dharma-body can still preach the Dharma or not, tell him, 'I cannot speak of it, but someone else can speak of it.' If he further asked where the person who can speak of it is, just tell him, 'Three lifetimes and sixty kalpas.'" Lingyin Yue said, "Yangshan formerly had a backbone as hard as iron, but when pressed in succession by this monk, he fell flat on all four sides. Guishan for once could not contain his amusement, not realizing he had lost an eye. If a monk suddenly asked Yafu whether the Dharma-body can still preach the Dharma or not, I would kick him flat in the chest and make him stand up as a clean and unburdened fellow. Have you not heard it said: 'The rhinoceros gazing at the moon grows patterns on its horn; the elephant startled by thunder has flowers enter its tusks'?")