大慧普覺禪師宗門武庫 1.120

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兜率悅禪師，在道吾首眾，時老智和尚居雲蓋，悅一日領數十衲子謁智，智與語未及數句，知悅所蘊深淺，笑曰：「觀首座氣質不凡，奈何出言吐氣如醉人耶？」悅面熱汗下，曰：「願和尚不吝慈悲。」復與語未幾，又錐劄之，悅茫然，遂領其徒咨聞入室。智笑曰：「公首眾說法人也，如某聞見不博，何益於公耶？」再四懇之，智曰：「老僧無福，道不取信於人，脫受首座禮拜，異日定取謗於某。」竟不許，乃問悅曰：「首座曾見法昌遇禪師否？」曰：「曾看他語錄自了，可以不願見之。」又問：「曾見洞山文和尚否？」曰：「關西子，沒頭腦，拕一條布裙作尿臭氣，有甚長處？」智曰：「首座但向尿臭氣參取。」悅依教乃往洞山依止，未久深領奧旨，復往見老智，智曰：「首座見關西子後，大事如何？」悅曰：「若不得和尚指示，洎乎蹉過一生。」乃焚香禮謝。後出世嗣法洞山，居常誡其徒，敘其雲蓋指見洞山之語，汝等當以師事智和尚也。後智遷寂，是時照禪師住兜率，乃悅之高弟也，智後事盡得照主之，如師資禮，蓋其不忘付囑也。

When Chan Master Doushuai Yue was leading the assembly at Daowu, Old Master Zhi was residing at Yungai. One day Yue led several dozen patch-robed monks to visit Zhi. Before they had exchanged a few sentences, Zhi knew the depth of Yue's attainment and said with a smile, "Seeing that the head monk's temperament is extraordinary, why is it that your speech and breathing are like a drunkard's?" Yue's face grew hot and sweat poured down. He said, "May the Venerable not begrudge your compassion." They spoke again shortly, and Zhi prodded and pierced him again. Yue was bewildered, and so he led his disciples to seek instruction and enter his room. Zhi smiled and said, "You, sir, lead the assembly and preach the Dharma. With my limited knowledge and experience, what benefit could I be to you?" Yue pleaded again and again. Zhi said, "This old monk has no fortune; my Way does not win people's trust. If I accept your bows, it will surely bring slander upon me another day." In the end he refused, and asked Yue, "Has the head monk ever seen Chan Master Fachang Yu?" He replied, "I once read his recorded sayings and understood by myself; I have no wish to see him." He asked again, "Have you ever seen Master Dongshan Wen?" He replied, "That fellow from Guanxi has no head or brains; dragging a cloth skirt that smells of urine, what excellence could he have?" Zhi said, "The head monk should just investigate into that smell of urine!" Following the instruction, Yue went to rely on Dongshan. Before long, he deeply grasped the profound import, and went again to see Old Zhi. Zhi said, "After seeing the fellow from Guanxi, how is the great matter?" Yue said, "Had I not received the Venerable's direction, I would almost have wasted my entire life." He then burned incense and bowed in gratitude. Later, when he assumed the abbacy, he became a dharma heir of Dongshan. In daily life he would admonish his disciples, recounting Old Yungai's words directing him to Dongshan: "You should serve Master Zhi as your teacher." Later, when Zhi passed away, Chan Master Zhao was residing at Doushuai; he was Yue's senior disciple. All of Zhi's funeral affairs were overseen by Zhao according to the rites of master and disciple, because he did not forget the entrustment.