[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大慧普覺禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a) › 4.37 # 大慧普覺禪師語錄 4.37 大慧普覺禪師語錄 4.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.4.37) 張侍郎請陞座，僧問：「十方同聚會，箇箇學無為，此是選佛場，心空及第歸時如何？」師云：「題目道甚麼？」進云：「分明在目前。」師云：「柱撰禪和如麻似粟。」進云：「爭柰一等共攀仙桂樹，要折蟾宮第一枝。」師云：「這漢今日他白。」進云：「雖然如是，今夏定作禪狀元。」便禮拜，問：「侍郎見處何似去年？」師云：「今年去年只隔三百六十年。」進云：「莫謗侍郎好，侍郎無這箇消息。」師云：「既無這箇消息了，因又亂道作甚麼？」進云：「借人口說一兩句，又且何妨？」便禮拜。師乃云：「借人口說得底，不干自己事，自己胸襟流出底，傍觀者有眼如盲、有口如啞，便恁麼領略得，作禪狀元也不難。直饒如是，始入得徑山門，未入得徑山室。若入得徑山室，禪狀元始用得著。禪狀元纔用得著，儒狀元便用不著。敢問大眾，前面為甚麼用得著，後面為甚麼却用不著？」乃顧視左右云：「還知徑山落處麼？若知徑山落處，禪狀元即是儒狀元，儒狀元即是禪狀元。即今拈却禪與儒，且道：當面一句作麼生道？要知死底張宣教，便是活底狀元爺。」 > Vice Minister Zhang requested \[the Master\] to ascend the high seat. A monk asked, "'From the ten directions they gather together, each studying the unconditioned; this is the selection arena for buddhas: when the mind is emptied, they pass the examination and return'—at just such a time, how is it?" The Master said, "What does the topic say?" \[The monk\] advanced and said, "It is distinct right before our eyes." The Master said, "Fabricating Chan monks are as numerous as hemp seeds and millet grains." \[The monk\] advanced and said, "How can one help but join together in climbing the immortal cassia tree, aiming to snap off the foremost bough in the Toad Palace?" The Master said, "This fellow has drawn a blank today." \[The monk\] advanced and said, "Even though it is like this, this summer I will surely become the top graduate in Chan." He then bowed. \[He\] asked, "How does the Vice Minister's understanding compare to last year?" The Master said, "This year and last year are separated by only three hundred and sixty days." \[The monk\] advanced and said, "Better not slander the Vice Minister; the Vice Minister has no such news." The Master said, "Since he already has no such news, why do you talk wildly again?" \[The monk\] advanced and said, "Borrowing someone else's mouth to speak a sentence or two—what harm is there in that?" He then bowed. The Master then said, "What is spoken by borrowing another's mouth does not concern one's own self. As for what flows forth from one's own breast, onlookers have eyes as if blind and mouths as if mute. If you comprehend it like this, to be the top graduate in Chan is not difficult. Even granting it were like this, you have only entered the gate of Jingshan; you have not yet entered the inner chamber of Jingshan. If you enter the inner chamber of Jingshan, only then will the top graduate in Chan be of use. The moment the top graduate in Chan is of use, the top graduate in Confucian learning will not be of use. I venture to ask the great assembly: Why was the former of use, while the latter is not of use?" He then looked left and right, and said, "Do you know where Jingshan settles? If you know where Jingshan settles, the top graduate in Chan is the top graduate in Confucian learning, and the top graduate in Confucian learning is the top graduate in Chan. Right now, setting aside both Chan and Confucianism, tell me: what can you say about the sentence directly confronting you? If you want to know the dead Vice-director Zhang, he is none other than the living Top Graduate!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.4.36) - [Next: 4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.4.38) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a~en-mt.4.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.4.37) · Pramāṇa