大慧普覺禪師語錄 8.37

8.37

示眾，舉：「百丈凡參次，有一老人，常隨眾聽法，眾人退，老人亦退。忽一日不退，丈遂問：『面前立者復是何人？』老人云：『某甲非人也，於過去迦葉佛時，曾住此山，因學人問：「大修行底人，還落因果也無？」對云：「不落因果。」五百生墮野狐身。今請和尚，代一轉語，貴脫野狐身。』老人遂問：『大修行底人，還落因果也無？』丈云：『不昧因果。』老人於言下大悟，便脫野狐身。」師云：「不落與不昧，半明兼半晦，不昧與不落，兩頭空索索，五百生前箇野狐，而今冷地謾追呼。」喝一喝云：「座中既有江南客，休向罇前唱鷓鴣。」

Instructing the assembly, he cited: "Whenever Baizhang gave instruction, an old man would constantly follow the assembly to listen to the Dharma. When the assembly withdrew, the old man also withdrew. Suddenly one day he did not withdraw. Baizhang then asked, 'Who is the one standing in front of me?' The old man said, 'I am not a human being. In the past, in the time of Kāśyapa Buddha, I once resided on this mountain. Because a student asked, "Does a person of great cultivation still fall into cause and effect or not?", I replied, "He does not fall into cause and effect," and for five hundred lifetimes I fell into the body of a wild fox. Now I ask the Venerable to provide a turning phrase on my behalf, so that I may be freed from the wild fox body.' The old man then asked, 'Does a person of great cultivation still fall into cause and effect or not?' Baizhang said, 'He is not blind to cause and effect.' The old man was greatly enlightened upon these words and was freed from the wild fox body." The Master said: / "'Not falling' and 'not blind'— / Half bright and half dark. / 'Not blind' and 'not falling'— / Both ends are empty and barren. / That wild fox five hundred lives ago— / Now vainly chased in cold blood." / He gave a shout and said, "Since there is a guest from Jiangnan among the seats, do not sing of partridges before the wine jar."