圓悟佛果禪師語錄 17.3

17.3

舉：「德山小參示眾云：『老僧今夜不答話，問話者三十棒。』時有僧出禮拜，山便打，僧云：『某甲話也未問，因甚打某甲？』山云：『爾甚處人？』僧云：『新羅人。』山云：『未跨船舷好與三十棒。』」師云：「德山大似金輪聖王，寰中獨據，四方八表無不順從，等閑布一勅、施一令，直得草偃風行。若不是這僧，爭見殺活擒縱，威德自在。法眼云：『大小德山，話作兩橛。』圓明云：『大小德山，龍頭蛇尾。』雪竇云：『德山握閫外威權，有當斷不斷，不招其亂底劍。雖則直截單提各能扶竪，德山要且只扶得末後句，未扶得最初句在。』且作麼生是德山最初句？大鵬欲展摩霄翅，誰顧崩騰六合雲。」

[The Master] cited: "Deshan instructed the assembly at an informal gathering, saying, 'Tonight the old monk will not answer questions; anyone who asks a question gets thirty blows of the staff.' At that time a monk came forward and bowed. Deshan struck him at once. The monk said, 'I have not yet asked a question; why do you strike me?' Deshan said, 'Where are you from?' The monk said, 'From Silla.' Deshan said, 'Before you even stepped across the ship's gunwale, you deserved thirty blows of the staff.'" The Master said, "Deshan was very much like a wheel-turning holy king, ruling alone within the realm; none in the four quarters and eight reaches failed to comply. Casually issuing a decree and setting forth an order, the grass bent before the wind. Were it not for this monk, how could one see the killing and bringing to life, capturing and releasing, majesty and virtue at ease? Fayan said, 'Great and small Deshan: his talk broke into two halves.' Yuanming said, 'Great and small Deshan: a dragon's head and a snake's tail.' Xuedou said, 'Deshan held authority beyond the borders, possessing the sword that, when one ought to cut, does not cut, thereby inviting disorder. Although direct and single-mindedly held up, each able to uphold [the Dharma], Deshan after all only managed to uphold the final phrase, not yet upholding the initial phrase.' Tell me, what is Deshan's initial phrase? The great roc about to spread its cloud-scraping wings—who cares about the surge of the clouds of the six directions?"