黃龍慧南禪師語錄 1.203

1.203

至緣斷處伸驢脚，驢脚伸時佛手開，為報五湖參學者，
三關一一透將來。（已上，並出《五燈會元》。《頌古聯珠》云：廬山圓通旻古佛云：「昔見廣辯首座，收南禪師親筆三關頌，諷誦無遺；近見諸方傳錄不全，又多訛舛，故茲注出云云。」頌與《會元》所載全同，《禪林類聚》以此四頌為旻古佛之作，恐誤也。《雲臥紀談》載此偈事，亦同《會尤》、《聯珠》之說。）

Where conditions reach an end, stretch out the donkey's foot;
When the donkey's foot stretches out, the Buddha's hand opens.
Let it be known to students of the five lakes:
Penetrate each and every one of the Three Barriers.
(All the above are from the *Wudeng huiyuan*. The *Songgu lianzhu* says: "Ancient Buddha Min of Yuantong on Mount Lu said: 'Formerly I saw Head Monk Guangbian collecting Master Nan's handwritten Three Barriers Gāthās, chanting them without omission. Recently I have seen transcripts in various places that are incomplete and contain many errors, hence I note them here, and so forth.'" The verses are identical to those recorded in the *Huiyuan*. The *Chanlin leiju* attributes these four verses to Ancient Buddha Min, which is probably an error. The *Yunwo jitan* records this affair of the gāthās, which also agrees with the account of the *Huiyuan* and the *Lianzhu*.)