明覺禪師語錄 3.89

3.89

舉：「德山一日飯遲，自掌鉢至法堂上，雪峯見云：『者老漢，鍾未鳴、鼓未響，托鉢向什麼處去？』德山便回。峯舉似巖頭，頭云：『大小德山，不會末後句。』山聞舉，令侍者喚巖頭至方丈，問：『爾不肯老僧那？』巖頭密啟其意。山至來日上堂，與尋常不同，巖頭到僧堂前，撫掌大笑云：『且喜得老漢會末後句，他後天下人不奈何。雖然如此，只得三年。』明招代德山云：『咄咄，沒處去，沒處去。』」師云：「曾聞說箇獨眼龍，元來只有一隻眼，殊不知，德山是箇無齒大蟲。若不是巖頭識破，爭得明日與昨日不同。諸人要會末後句麼？只許老胡知，不許老胡會。」

He cited: "One day, Deshan was late for the meal. Carrying his bowl himself, he went up to the Dharma Hall. Xuefeng saw him and said, 'This old fellow—the bell has not rung, the drum has not sounded; holding your bowl, where are you going?' Deshan thereupon returned [to his room]. Feng related this to Yantou. Tou said, 'Deshan, great as he is, does not understand the final word.' Deshan heard of this and ordered his attendant to summon Yantou to the Abbot's quarters. He asked, 'Do you not approve of this old monk?' Yantou secretly revealed his meaning to him. The next day, when Deshan ascended the hall, it was completely different from usual. Yantou went before the monks' hall, clapped his hands, and laughed loudly, saying, 'How delightful that the old fellow understands the final word! From now on, no one in the world can do anything to him. Even so, he has only three years left.' Mingzhao spoke on Deshan's behalf: 'Bah, bah! Nowhere to go, nowhere to go!'" The Master said, "I once heard tell of a one-eyed dragon, who turned out to have only one eye; little did they know that Deshan was a toothless tiger. If Yantou had not seen through him, how could tomorrow have been different from yesterday? Do you all want to understand the final word? The old barbarian is only permitted to know it; the old barbarian is not permitted to understand it."